- Date
- March 8, 1989, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Missing (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5899FPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890308003349A
- Case key
- 36299
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an unknown reason.
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 plt departed st johns, newfoundland on a flt to ferry the acft to shannon, ireland. At about 1500 ast, the gander area control center received a distress call from the acft. The plt rprtd an eng problem & said he was preparing to ditch. Eleven acft & 2 surface vessels searched the area, but neither the plt nor the acft was fnd. A wx ship in the area rprtd low ceilings, wind from the west at about 16 KTS, air temp 32 deg, water temp 42 deg, & wave height of about 30 ft. these conditions prevailed during the search period with the visibility reducing to 2 mi in rain, sleet & snow. The plt was presumed to have died from injuries or drowning after ditching the acft in hvy sea conditions. The acft was presumed to have been destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5899F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7740007
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Orient Air
- Registered owner
- Edward A. Antenucci
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- YYT · St Johns,Nfld
- Destination
- Shannon,Ireland, OF
- 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 630 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.