Pilot Debrief

Hawker Beechcraft TC-45J near Nassau — 2010-12-14

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Date
2010-12-14
Location
Nassau, BS
Airport
MYNN
Aircraft
Hawker Beechcraft TC-45J
Registration
N38L
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
Fatal
Fatalities
2
Phase of flight
Approach

Probable cause

Investigated by a foreign authority; NTSB does not determine probable cause.

NTSB narrative

On December 14, 2010, about 1442 eastern standard time, a Hawker Beechcraft TC-45J, N38L, registered to and operated by Monarch Air Group, impacted ocean waters about 7 miles southwest of Lynden Pindling International Airport (MYNN), Nassau, Bahamas. The certificated airline transport pilot and passenger were killed, and the airplane was presumed destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight that departed Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (KFFL), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, about 1347. The non-scheduled, on-demand, air-taxi cargo flight was conducted under the provision of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135. The airplane was on a 7-mile left downwind leg for runway 32 at MYNN, at 2,000 feet mean sea level, when radar and radio contact was lost. Fragments of the airplane and the passenger were recovered on the surface of the water, about 7 miles southwest of MYNN. The main wreckage and pilot were not recovered. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Bahamas. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Manager of Flight Standards Inspectorate, Bahamas P.O. Box AP 59244 Nassau, N.P. Bahamas Phone: (242) 377-3445/3448 Facsimile: (242) 377-6060 This report is for information purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained for the Bahamian Government.

Analysis

Primary failure mode
Controlled flight into terrain
First missed decision gate
Pilot could have aborted the approach when contact was lost.

NTSB coding

  • Unknown or undetermined · Approach-VFR pattern downwind

Evidence available

  • 1 docket document
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Docket documents1

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