ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329462
| Date: | Wednesday 14 January 1976 |
| Time: | 15:38 |
| Type: |  North American Rockwell Sabreliner 40 |
| Owner/operator: | Federal Aviation Administration - FAA |
| Registration: | N85 |
| MSN: | 282-97 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 117 km SE off Recife, PE -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Georgetown-Wideawake Field (ASI/FHAW) |
| Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF) | |
| Investigating agency: | CENIPA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ditched off Recife following fuel shortage. The Sabreliner was on a flight from Frankfurt to Oklahoma City with intermediate stops at Ascencion in the Atlantic Ocean and Recife, Brazil.
The pilots had planned their flight using weather data from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, USA, when they could and should have used information from the Recife Forecast Center, which has extensive experience in the area of the South Atlantic Ocean. They introduced a correction in the Doppler Navigation System, diverting the aircraft to the left of the route. The flight ran out of fuel when 117 km from Recife.
A ditching was carried out. Two of the three crew were rescued.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot-made navigational error
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTOR(S):
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-2 engines
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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