- Date
- November 17, 1989
- Place
- Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9423GCessna U206E
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891117065449A
- Case key
- 26940
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Probable cause
Undetermined.
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
The aircraft was on a ferry flight across the Pacific Ocean from santa barbara to the hawaiian islands. A routine position report was made at 0846 hrs on 11/16/89, when the aircraft was over dinty intersection at 8000 ft MSL. No further communications were recorded between the aircraft and any known ground facility. An alnot was issued and search/rescue efforts were initiated at the flight's fuel exhaustion time of 0216 hours on 11/17/89. No trace of the aircraft or the pilot was found during the search.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9423G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2061623
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Overseas Transport Company
- Departed
- SBA · Santa Barbara, CA
- Destination
- HKO · Keahole, HI
- 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
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 9,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.