Cessna 560 accident near Atlantic Ocean, AO

On May 24, 2019, a Cessna 560 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Atlantic Ocean, AO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

May 24, 2019

Place

Atlantic Ocean, AO

Aircraft

Cessna 560 · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

37.634°N, 72.861°W

NTSB ID

20190524X14613

Official records · ERA19LA180

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• ATC Communications: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

On May 24, 2019, about 1755 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 560, N832R, was destroyed when it impacted the Atlantic Ocean. The airline transport pilot was not found and presumed fatally injured. The airplane was owned and operated by Jet Sales LLC as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 positioning flight. Day visual meteorological conditions existed near the accident site at the time of the accident, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the cross-country flight, which originated from St. Louis Regional Airport (ALN), Alton, Illinois, about 1430, and was destined for Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), Fort Lauderdale, Florida.The owner of the airplane reported that he purchased the airplane 2 days before the accident. The airplane had recently undergone a progressive inspection, which was completed on May 22, 2019. The owner hired the accident pilot to fly the airplane to FXE to have avionics work completed. On the day of the accident, the owner tracked the flight using an online commercial service once it departed ALN. Shortly after 1700, he received a call from the avionics shop at FXE telling him that the airplane did not arrive. He then reviewed the airplane's online flight track again and saw that it had overflown FXE at 39,000 ft mean sea level (FL390) and was heading toward the Atlantic Ocean. According to air traffic control radar and radio communication information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the pilot established communications with the Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) and reporte

Probable cause

Impact with water for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.