Beechcraft TC-45J N38L

Summary

On 14 December 2010 at about 19:42 local time, a Beechcraft TC-45J registered N38L, operated by Monarch Air Group LLC, was involved in an accident near Nassau, Bahamas. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 December 2010 at 19:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Nassau, Bahamas

Nearest airport

Lynden Pindling International (MYNN)

Coordinates

24.9453, -77.5819

Aircraft

Beechcraft TC-45J

Registration

N38L

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Monarch Air Group LLC

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Lauderdale → Nassau

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11WA090

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On December 14, 2010, about 1442 eastern standard time, a Hawker Beechcraft TC-45J, N38L, registered to and operated by Monarch Air Group, impacted ocean waters about 7 miles southwest of Lynden Pindling International Airport (MYNN), Nassau, Bahamas. The certificated airline transport pilot and passenger were killed, and the airplane was presumed destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight that departed Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (KFFL), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, about 1347. The non-scheduled, on-demand, air-taxi cargo flight was conducted under the provision of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135. The airplane was on a 7-mile left downwind leg for runway 32 at MYNN, at 2,000 feet mean sea level, when radar and radio contact was lost. Fragments of the airplane and the passenger were recovered on the surface of the water, about 7 miles southwest of MYNN. The main wreckage and pilot were not recovered. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Bahamas. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Manager of Flight Standards Inspectorate, Bahamas P.O. Box AP 59244 Nassau, N.P. Bahamas Phone: (242) 377-3445/3448 Facsimile: (242) 377-6060 This report is for information purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained for the Bahamian Government.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.