- Date
- January 21, 1986, 11:49 local (16:49 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4535WRockwell 112TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860121012699A
- Case key
- 31568
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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 aircraft was in cruise flight when the pilot reported an engine failure. The pilot executed a forced landing to the Atlantic Ocean and the aircraft sank, and was not recovered. The cause of the engine failure is undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4535W
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13044
- Airframe hours
- 1,355
- Engine
- Lycoming TO-360-C1A6D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruno Castellano
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1985
- Departed
- FPR · Ft. Pierce, FL
- Destination
- MYAT · Treasure Cay, OF
- 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
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 860 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 47 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.