Narrative:
The pilot reported an electrical failure and became lost. Following a flameout of both engines the aircraft was ditched in the sea off Aruba, about 2000 km SSE of Fort Lauderdale.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - became lost/disoriented
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTORS
miscellaneous acts,conditions - electrical failure
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Electrical system problem
Ditching
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 7 July 1979 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Howard 500 |
| Operator: | Aggadir Ltd. |
| Registration: | N721N |
| MSN: | 500-102 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 55 km (34.4 mls) W off Aruba [Caribbean Sea] ( Atlantic Ocean)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta (unknown airport), GA, United States of America |
| Fort Lauderdale (unknown airport), FL, United States of America |
The pilot reported an electrical failure and became lost. Following a flameout of both engines the aircraft was ditched in the sea off Aruba, about 2000 km SSE of Fort Lauderdale.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - became lost/disoriented
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTORS
miscellaneous acts,conditions - electrical failure
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Classification:
Loss of situational awarenessElectrical system problem
Ditching
Sources:
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