Cessna 210N N9913Y

Summary

On 13 July 1989 at about 16:27 local time, a Cessna 210N registered N9913Y was involved in an accident near Atlantic Ocean. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 July 1989 at 16:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic Ocean

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 210N

Registration

N9913Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Washington → Rocky Mount

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA89LA195

1 person was seriously injured.

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.