Cessna 402B N44NC

Summary

On 31 March 1984 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna 402B registered N44NC, operated by Associated Air Service, was involved in an accident near Missing Acft, Mississippi, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 March 1984 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Missing Acft, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 402B

Registration

N44NC

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Associated Air Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Lauderdale → Bimini

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84FA126

6 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THIS ACFT DISAPPEARED ON A FLT FROM FT LAUDERDALE, FL TO BIMINI, BAHAMAS. AFTER DEPARTURE, THE ACFT FLT PLAN WAS ACTIVATED BY RADIO. THIS WAS THE LAST COMMUNICATION WITH THE ACFT. AN ITAP RADAR READOUT REVEALED AN ACFT FLT THAT DEPARTED AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THIS TARGET HEADED FOR BIMINI, & AFTER ABOUT 10 MIN, SLOWED TO 90 KTS AIRSPEED. ABOUT 4 MINUTES LATER THE TARGET ENTERED A 5400 FPM RATE OF DESCENT AND DISAPPEARED OFF RADAR. TWO WITNESSES SAW AN ACFT CRASH INTO THE WATER NEAR BIMINI BETWEEN 0830 AND 0900 ON 3/31. THE MISSING ACFT DEPARTED FT LANDERDALE AT 0823 ON 3/31/84. THE INJURY INDEX & ACFT DAMAGE ARE PRESUMED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.