Cessna 172 N6713A

Summary

On 18 August 2022 at about 10:15 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6713A, operated by JD Schools LLC., was involved in an accident near Atlantic Ocean, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 August 2022 at 10:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic Ocean, United States

Nearest airport

Pompano Beach Airpark (PMP)

Coordinates

26.7419, -79.8119

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N6713A

Category

Airplane

Year built

1956

Engines

1

Operator

JD Schools LLC.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pompano → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA22LA375

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

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, they received a notification of a downed aircraft 15 nautical miles east from Pompano Beach, Florida. They responded to the location and confirmed, debris of an airplane and a deceased occupant. The Coast Guard then received a call from the wife of the pilot regarding a note that she received expressing possible suicidal intentions. She described her spouse and the airplane, which matched the recovered debris and the occupant. The wreckage of the airplane was not otherwise recovered, and the airplane was presumed destroyed. A review of Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) flight track data showed that the airplane departed from Pompano Beach Airpark, Pompano Beach, Florida, before flying northwest for about 10 nautical miles. The airplane then began circling before heading west towards the Atlantic Ocean. While over the ocean, the airplane made a turn to the north before radar/ADS-B contact was lost. Following a death investigation, the Office of Medical Examiner, Palm Beach County classified the manner of death as a suicide.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.