ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30659
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| Date: | Friday 31 May 2002 |
| Time: | c. 13:15 |
| Type: |  Aero Commander 500B |
| Owner/operator: | Bevins Air Service |
| Registration: | N78336 |
| MSN: | 500B-1187-9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | sea off Roseau, Saint George -
 Dominica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Dominica-Melville Hall Airport (DOM/TDPD) |
| St Thomas, USVI | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On May 31, 2002, about 1315 Atlantic standard time, an Aero Commander 500-B, N78336, registered to Bevins Air Service Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 135 air-taxi passenger/cargo flight ditched into the Atlantic Ocean, near Roseau, Dominica. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane has not been located and is presumed to be destroyed. The commercial pilot has not been located and is presumed to be fatally injured. The deceased passenger was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on June 4, 2002. The flight originated from Melville Hall Airport, Roseau, Dominica, at 1240.
Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20020607X00827&key=1
Air International August 2002, p110
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Aug-2009 23:19 | delta7638 | Updated |
| 14-Oct-2012 01:57 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Oct-2012 02:00 | harro | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2018 18:08 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 30-Apr-2022 04:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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