Saint Louis - Fort Lauderdale

The airline transport pilot departed on a repositioning flight in the jet airplane. The airplane was in level cruise flight at 39,000 ft mean sea level when the pilot became unresponsive to air traffic controllers. The airplane continued over 300 miles past the destination airport before it descended and impacted the Atlantic Ocean. Neither the pilot nor the airplane were recovered, and the reason for the airplane's impact with water could not be determined based on the available information.

Flight / Schedule

Saint Louis - Fort Lauderdale

Registration

N832R

MSN

560-0585

Year of Manufacture

2001

Operator

Jet Sales

Date

May 24, 2019 at 05:55 PM

Type

CRASH

Flight Type

Positioning

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Crash Location

Atlantic Ocean All World

Region

World • World

Narrative Report

On May 24, 2019 at 05:55 PM, Saint Louis - Fort Lauderdale experienced a crash involving Cessna 560 Citation Encore, operated by Jet Sales, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The airline transport pilot departed on a repositioning flight in the jet airplane. The airplane was in level cruise flight at 39,000 ft mean sea level when the pilot became unresponsive to air traffic controllers. The airplane continued over 300 miles past the destination airport before it descended and impacted the Atlantic Ocean. Neither the pilot nor the airplane were recovered, and the reason for the airplane's impact with water could not be determined based on the available information.

Aircraft reference details include registration N832R, MSN 560-0585, year of manufacture 2001.

Fatalities

Total

1

Crew

1

Passengers

0

Other

0

Crash Summary

The airline transport pilot departed on a repositioning flight in the jet airplane. The airplane was in level cruise flight at 39,000 ft mean sea level when the pilot became unresponsive to air traffic controllers. The airplane continued over 300 miles past the destination airport before it descended and impacted the Atlantic Ocean. Neither the pilot nor the airplane were recovered, and the reason for the airplane's impact with water could not be determined based on the available information.

Occupants & Outcome

Crew On Board

1

Passengers On Board

0

Estimated Survivors

0

Fatality Rate

100.0%

Known people on board: 1

Operational Details

Schedule / Flight

Saint Louis - Fort Lauderdale

Operator

Jet Sales

Flight Type

Positioning

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Region / Country

World • World

Aircraft Details

Registration

N832R

MSN

560-0585

Year of Manufacture

2001