Probable cause
Impact with water for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
NTSB analysis
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.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA19LA180 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- May 24, 2019
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean, AO
- Highest injury
- Fatal
- Fatal injuries
- 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 560
- N-number
- N832R
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2001
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.