Cessna 402C N2652B

Summary

On 27 May 1987 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna 402C registered N2652B, operated by Aero Coach Aviation Int'l, Inc, was involved in an accident near Missing Acft, Bahamas. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 May 1987 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Missing Acft, Bahamas

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 402C

Registration

N2652B

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Aero Coach Aviation Int'l, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Palm Beach → Marsh Harbour

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA87LA164

1 person 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

ON 5/27/87 AT ABOUT 0915 EDT, THE PLT DEPARTED PALM BEACH INTL ARPT (PBI) ON A FLT TO MARSH HARBOUR, GREAT ABACO ISLAND, BAHAMAS. WHEN THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE AT THE DESTINATION, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. THE ACFT WAS NOT FND & WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. THE PLT WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN FATALLY INJURED. RADAR DATA REVEALED THAT THE ACFT HAD DEPARTED TOWARD MARSH HARBOUR, BUT THE LAST CONTACT WITH THE FLT WAS APRX 12 MI EAST OF PBI. AN ACFT WAS SEEN FLYING EASTBOUND OVER THE DESTN ARPT AT ABOUT THE TIME OF THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME. ALSO, ANOTHER PLT THOUGHT SHE HEARD A RADIO TRANSMISSION FROM THE MISSING ACFT WHEN THE PLT RPRTD IN THE VCNTY OF GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.