- Date
- May 8, 1985
- Place
- Missing Acft
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9465MCessna 210K
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850508017099A
- Case key
- 31404
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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
The Acft departed miami, FL, at about 0700 EDT on a flt to port-au-prince, haiti. It did not arrive at its destination or return to miami. The Acft was not found & was presumed to have been destroyed. Also, the plt was not found & was presumed to have been fatally injured. Satellite photos of the proposed route showed no significant wx. The Acft had been sold to a new owner who resided in haiti. The plt's nationality & airman/medical certification could not be verified by FAA records.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9465M
- Reported as
- Cessna 210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059365
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Red Stevenson
- Registered owner
- Ernest Dibriss
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Destination
- MTPP · Port-Au-Prince
- 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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Observed at
- TMB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.