ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174902
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| Date: | Sunday 23 September 2012 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8059X |
| MSN: | 17248559 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean, 21 Nautical Miles East of Mayport, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jacksonville, FL (HEG) |
| Unknown, | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had been experiencing difficulties in his personal life and had joked with a clergyman about 2 days before the accident that he should, “just fly his plane into the ocean.” The pilot was subsequently reported missing. The investigation revealed that he arrived at the airport where his airplane was kept about 2 o’clock in the morning the day of the accident. Radar data showed that a primary radar target departed the airport vicinity about 45 minutes later and flew east. After a brief period of maneuvering over the open ocean about 21 nautical miles from shore, radar contact with the target was lost. A portion of airplane wreckage was recovered from the ocean later that day by a commercial diving vessel and was subsequently identified as being of the same make, model, and vintage as the accident airplane. No further wreckage was recovered, nor were the remains of the pilot. A hand-written suicide note was found inside the pilot’s vehicle, which was parked in the airplane’s hangar.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s suicidal act.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8059X
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2015 19:30 | harro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 11-Jan-2017 15:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2017 13:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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