- Date
- July 13, 1989, 12:27 local (16:27 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9913YCessna 210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890713022309A
- Case key
- 32458
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Probable cause
A gunshot wound, which resulted in a loss of the pilot's ability to effectively fly and navigate the aircraft, and a subsequent loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
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
Plt filed IFR flt plan fm Washington, DC, to rocky mt, NC, & depd at 0626 EDT. At 0731 (bfr rchg rocky mt), he radioed he was having '. . . A little trouble breathing . . .' & asked abt the dstc to rocky Mt. The ctlr adzd rocky mt was abt 17 min (flying time) away; then he rcvd no further com fm the acft. It contd south at 10,000' MSL (spd abt 150 KTS) & went ovr the Ocean. Mil acft in the area were vctrd to intercept & escort the plane. Intercepting plts noted a person in the acft with his head back in a reclined psn. They noted little movement fm the person, tho he moved the sun visor fm the side window to the stowed psn. Subsequently, the acft's spd slowed to 110 KTS. At 1219, it bgn dscndg & entered a dscndg spiral. At 1227, the acft touched dwn in the Ocean (aprx 10 mi east of rock sound, Bahamas) in a wings level attitude. After stopping, the acft sank, but rescue psnl retrieved the plt. He was in shock with a gunshot wound in his abdomen, rib cage & l arm. At 1550, he was hospitalized with indcns of fully developed peritonitis.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9913Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-64636
- Airframe hours
- 1,378
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Leasing Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1988 · 190 hours before
- Departed
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Destination
- RWI · Rocky Mount, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,340 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYNN, 72 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.