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NTSB Preliminary information
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20050106X00020&key=1
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On December 31, 2004, about 2008 eastern standard time, a Cessna 210N, N6195N, registered to and operated by Flight Express Incorporated, as Express flight 106, a Title 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight, crashed into the Florida Everglades, about 20 miles west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot received fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane departed from Orlando Executive Airport, Orlando, Florida, the same day, about 1900.
According to information obtained from the FAA, the accident airplane was en route to Opa Locka Airport when the accident occurred. The FAA official further stated that the pilot had recently received a radio communications "handoff" to the FAA Miami Approach controller, with a requirement that he descend and maintain 2,000 feet. He further stated that the pilot acknowledged the altitude change, but any subsequent attempts by the FAA controller to communicate with the flight yielded negative results. According to FAA Miami Air Traffic Control Radar information, the airplane was last observed on radar at an altitude of 800 feet.
A witness who was driving a car westbound on Alligator Alley, stated that he observed the lights of an airplane in the night sky, and noted that the airplane descended at a steep descent angle, while proceeding from north to south, and it disappeared below his horizon. The witness further stated at that time it was raining intensely, was very windy, and the visibility had been greatly reduced. He said that after seeing the airplane descend and disappear from sight he telephoned "911", and reported the accident.
Based upon having received a report of an airplane crash, U.S. Coast Guard and Broward County emergency personnel responded to the reported position, and the airplane wreckage was found in about 3 feet of swamp water and sawgrass, about 1 mile south of Alligator Alley in the vicinity of mile marker 28. The debris field was about 100 yards long, oriented in a southerly direction, with the engine at the southern extremity of the debris field.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20050106X00020&key=1
NTSB Identification: MIA05FA044
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, December 31, 2004 in Weston, FL
Aircraft: Cessna 210N, registration: N6195N
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On December 31, 2004, about 2008 eastern standard time, a Cessna 210N, N6195N, registered to and operated by Flight Express Incorporated, as Express flight 106, a Title 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight, crashed into the Florida Everglades, about 20 miles west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot received fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane departed from Orlando Executive Airport, Orlando, Florida, the same day, about 1900.
According to information obtained from the FAA, the accident airplane was en route to Opa Locka Airport when the accident occurred. The FAA official further stated that the pilot had recently received a radio communications "handoff" to the FAA Miami Approach controller, with a requirement that he descend and maintain 2,000 feet. He further stated that the pilot acknowledged the altitude change, but any subsequent attempts by the FAA controller to communicate with the flight yielded negative results. According to FAA Miami Air Traffic Control Radar information, the airplane was last observed on radar at an altitude of 800 feet.
A witness who was driving a car westbound on Alligator Alley, stated that he observed the lights of an airplane in the night sky, and noted that the airplane descended at a steep descent angle, while proceeding from north to south, and it disappeared below his horizon. The witness further stated at that time it was raining intensely, was very windy, and the visibility had been greatly reduced. He said that after seeing the airplane descend and disappear from sight he telephoned "911", and reported the accident.
Based upon having received a report of an airplane crash, U.S. Coast Guard and Broward County emergency personnel responded to the reported position, and the airplane wreckage was found in about 3 feet of swamp water and sawgrass, about 1 mile south of Alligator Alley in the vicinity of mile marker 28. The debris field was about 100 yards long, oriented in a southerly direction, with the engine at the southern extremity of the debris field.
