ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141768
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| Date: | 07-JAN-2012 |
| Time: | 13:24 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR22 GTS |
| Owner/operator: | M & W Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N723EA |
| MSN: | 1512 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Off the coast of Andros, Bahamas -
 Bahamas
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | KTMB |
| MTPP | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 GTS activated the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) after an engine failure. The aircraft came down just off the coast of Andros, Bahamas.
The U. S. Coast Guard deployed a HC-144 Ocean Sentry fixed-wing aircraft from Miami to locate the aircraft after a distress call.
Both occupants survived unhurt and were were hoisted into a U. S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from an emergency inflatable raft and flown to Odyssey Airport in Nassau, Bahamas
Sources:
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Coast-Guard-Rescues-Air-Crash-Survivors-Off-Coast-of-Bahamas-136902393.html
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N723EA
https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/01/pair-survive-plane-crash-at-sea-on-way-to-charity-mission-in-haiti/
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120110X04011&key=1
http://stlair.com/images/DSC03286.JPG (photo)
https://flightaware.com/photos/view/195669-27a759d8f3cf05ec2dd56019adab13f6e220492b/aircrafttype/SR22
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 09:09 | RobertMB | Added |
| 08-Jan-2012 09:11 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration] |
| 08-Jan-2012 11:44 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Jan-2012 12:39 | PC12 | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Feb-2012 16:27 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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