- Date
- September 26, 1987, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- No.Atlantic Oc (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39BJCessna 411
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870926080609A
- Case key
- 31972
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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 was ditched 35 miles southeast of cat island on a flt from georgetown to freeport, Bahamas for unknown reason(s). The acft has not been recovered. Attempts to contact the pilot & registered owner were to no avail.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39BJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4110286
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520C, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Fernando Vasquez
- Registered owner
- Coastal Air Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MYEG · Georgetown,Bahm, OF
- Destination
- MYGF · Freeport,Bahm, 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYCB, 35 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.