- Date
- March 1, 1985, 00:15 local (04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N709GRockwell 680E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850301044129A
- Case key
- 31360
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A coast guard falcon acft was on scene when the acft ditched in the atlantic ocean due to fuel exhaustion. A life raft & marker were dropped by the coast guard acft. A search was conducted all day on 3/1/85 & was called off at sunset on on 3/2/85. The occupants were presumed to have been fatally injured or drowned. The acft was presumed to have been destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N709G
- Reported as
- Rockwell 680E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680E86582
- Engine
- Lycoming GSO-480-B1A6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- National Bank Of Commerce
- Registered owner
- Tfaffen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MZBZ · Belize, OF
- Destination
- EWY · Key West, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWY, 240 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.