# NTSB MIA88WA056: Cessna 402B, N422TA, Cat Island, Bahamas, December 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 5, 1987, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Cat Island, Bahamas
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32248
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88WA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32248/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88WA056

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N422TA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N422TA-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N 402B-0357, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Russell, Lincoln L.
- Departed: ZQA, NASSAU, OF
- Destination: MYCB, CAT ISLAND, OF
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ZQA

## 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 19871205069119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871205069119A), Dec 5, 1987: Cessna 402B, Cat Island, Bahamas, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Buzzed his home then stalled in a steep pull up. Fell off on a wing. Crashed and burned. Bahamian investigation.

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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