- Date
- May 27, 1987
- Place
- Missing Acft, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N2652BCessna 402C
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870527065049A
- Case key
- 31916
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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
On 5/27/87 at about 0915 EDT, the plt departed palm beach intl arpt (pbi) on a flt to marsh harbour, great abaco island, Bahamas. When the Acft did not arrive at the destination, a search was initiated. The Acft was not fnd & was presumed to have been destroyed. The plt was presumed to have been fatally injured. Radar data revealed that the Acft had departed toward marsh harbour, but the last contact with the flt was aprx 12 mi east of pbi. An Acft was seen flying eastbound over the destn arpt at about the time of the estimated arrival time. Also, another plt thought she heard a radio transmission from the Missing Acft when the plt rprtd in the vcnty of grand bahama island.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2652B
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0345
- Airframe hours
- 9,151
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Coach Aviation Int'L,Inc, doing business as Aero Coach
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Joseph
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 21, 1987 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
- Destination
- MYAM · Marsh Harbour, OF
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
- 56
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 16,740 total · 165 in this make and model · 12,500 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ZFB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.