- Date
- September 17, 1985, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Missing
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3RBSwearingen SA-226T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850917045529A
- Case key
- 21860
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A distress message was received from the pilot stating he was 100 miles south of grand isle, LA, and had lost an eng andwas unable to maintain altitude. A second message was received shortly afterwards stating that the aircraft was at 1500 feet and the pilot was preparing to ditch the aircraft. No further contacts and no ELT signals were heard. The acft wreckage has not been located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3RB
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-226T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T214
- Engine
- Garrett TPE3313U303G, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Orville Obrian
- Registered owner
- Duke Leasing Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MZBZ · Belize, CA
- Destination
- MSY · New Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.