Cessna 402C N314AB

Summary

On 13 July 2003 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 402C registered N314AB, operated by Air Sunshine, Inc., was involved in an accident near Treasure Cay, Bahamas. 10 people were on board and 2 died, 6 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 July 2003 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Treasure Cay, Bahamas

Nearest airport

Treasure Cay Airport (MYAT)

Coordinates

26.7650, -77.5183

Aircraft

Cessna 402C

Registration

N314AB

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air Sunshine, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Lauderdale → Treasure Cay

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA03FA141

2 people died.

the in-flight failure of the right engine and the pilot’s failure to adequately manage the airplane’s performance after the engine failed. The right engine failure resulted from inadequate maintenance that was performed by Air Sunshine’s maintenance personnel during undocumented maintenance. Contributing to the passenger fatalities was the pilot’s failure to provide an emergency briefing after the right engine failed.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-04/03. On July 13, 2003, about 1530 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 402C, N314AB, registered to Tropical International Airlines Inc., and operated by Air Sunshine Inc., as Air Sunshine flight 527, was ditched in the Atlantic Ocean about 7.35 nautical miles west-northwest of Treasure Cay Airport (MYAT), Treasure Cay, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas, after the in-flight failure of the right engine. Two of the nine passengers sustained no injuries, five passengers and the pilot sustained minor injuries, and one adult and one child passenger died after they evacuated the airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was being operated under the provisions 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 as a scheduled international passenger commuter flight from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to MYAT. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated on a visual flight rules flight plan.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.