Undetermined · NTSB ERA19LA180
Cessna 560 — Atlantic Ocean, AO
| Date | May 24, 2019 |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean, AO |
| Aircraft | Cessna 560 |
| Purpose of flight | Positioning |
| Conditions | Day · Visual Meteorological Cond |
| Phase / occurrence | Enroute-cruise Unknown or undetermined |
| Pilot age | 52 |
| Pilot total time | 9,016 hrs · High time |
| Time in type | Unknown |
| Fatalities | 1 |
Probable cause
Impact with water for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
NTSB findings
- Not determined-Not determined-(general)-(general)-Unknown/Not determined - C
What happened
The airline transport pilot departed on a repositioning flight in the jet airplane. The airplane was in level cruise flight at 39,000 ft mean sea level when the pilot became unresponsive to air traffic controllers. The airplane continued over 300 miles past the destination airport before it descended and impacted the Atlantic Ocean. Neither the pilot nor the airplane were recovered, and the reason for the airplane's impact with water could not be determined based on the available information.