Cessna 172 PR-RTS

Summary

On 24 December 2017 at about 00:33 local time, a Cessna 172 registered PR-RTS was involved in an accident near Providenciales, Turks And Caicos Islands. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 December 2017 at 00:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Providenciales, Turks And Caicos Islands

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

PR-RTS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Providenciales → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

ERA18WA057

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

The government of the United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Cessna 172S airplane that occurred on December 24, 2017, in Turks and Caicos Islands. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the Air Accidents Investigation Branch's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of the United Kingdom.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.