ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44540
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| Date: | Monday 28 March 2005 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: | Schweizer 269D |
| Owner/operator: | Waldemar Castro |
| Registration: | N4767 |
| MSN: | 0037A |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 146 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | La Romana, (MDPC) |
| San Juan, PR (SIG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident helicopter departed La Romana, the Dominican Republic, about 1850, on March 28, 2005, en route to Puerto Rico and it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 2030. On March 28, 2005, U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue assets found debris floating in the Mona Passage, in the Atlantic Ocean, which the pilot's son later positively identified as belonging to his father. Records indicated that the accident pilot held an FAA private pilot certificate with a rotorcraft-helicopter rating. At his last application for an FAA third class medical certificate on August 10, 2004, he reported having accumulated 1,290 hours of total flight experience. He did not possess an instrument rating.
Probable Cause: An inflight collision with the ocean for undetermined reasons.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20050419X00478&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Dec-2017 07:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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