Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 14 JAN 1976 |
| Time: | 18:35 |
| Type: | North American-Rockwell Sabreliner 40 |
| Operator: | Federal Aviation Administration - FAA |
| Registration: | N85 |
| C/n / msn: | 282-97 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Recife, PE (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Georgetown-Wideawake Field (ASI/FHAW), St. Helena |
| Recife International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF), Brazil |
Ditched off Recife following fuel shortage. The Sabreliner was on a flight from Frankfurt to Oklahoma City with intermediate stops at Ascencion in the Atlantic Ocean and Recife.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot-made navigational error
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTOR(S):
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-2 engines Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Georgetown-Wideawake Field to Recife International Airport, PE as the crow flies is 2250 km (1407 miles).
Distance from Georgetown-Wideawake Field to Recife International Airport, PE as the crow flies is 2250 km (1407 miles).
