Accident · 1997-02-08
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-02-08
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 402C (N318AB)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Sunshine, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AIR SUNSHINE, INC.
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain altitude while making a visual approach at night over water in black hole conditions resulting in the aircraft descending and crashing into the sea. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot and operator to use all available air traffic control and navigational facilities, and the FAA Principle Operations Inspector's inadequate surveillance of the operation.
Source: NTSB case MIA97FA082Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.