# NTSB MIA85LA176: Cessna 210K, N9465M, Missing Acft, May 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1985
- Place: Missing Acft
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31404
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31404/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA176

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Missing aircraft, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9465M-2003-09-03), registration cancelled 2003-09-03, S/N 21059365, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- Registry model: [Cessna 210K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (registry code 2073446) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059365
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850508017099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850508017099A), May 8, 1985: Cessna 210K, Miami, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft missing and pilot presumed deceased. Over water flight with no significant weather.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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