[TD="class: caption"]Date:[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]03-APR-2012[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Time:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]09:30 LT[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Type:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"] Beechcraft C90GTx King Air [/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Operator:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Registration:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]N8116L[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]C/n / msn:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]LJ-2042[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Fatalities:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Other fatalities:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Airplane damage:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Substantial[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Location:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Caribbean Sea, about 20 miles northeast of Oranjestad -
[TD="class: caption"]Phase:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]En route[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Nature:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]Private[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Departure airport:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]KFXE[/TD]
[TD="class: caption"]Destination airport:[/TD]
[TD="class: desc"]TNCC[/TD]
A Beechcraft C90GTx King Air, (brand new aircraft, FAA Certificate Issue Date 02 April 2012 !!) enroute from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport - KFXE, Florida, USA to Hato-Curacao International Airport - TNCC, Willemstad, Curacao, reported an emergency due to fuel starvation and tried to reach Queen Beatrix International Airport - TNCA, Oranjestad, Aruba, but didn't made it and ditched into Caribbean Sea, about 20 miles northeast of Oranjestad, Aruba. The damage was relative minor, but the aircraft later sank to the bottom of the sea.
Both occupants were rescued and hoisted by Westland SH-14D Lynx 261 of the Dutch Defense Helicopter Command's 860 Sqn. and taken to its stationship "Hr. Ms. Amsterdam" for a medical checkup.
Note:
A brand new aircraft, FAA Certificate Issue Date 02 april 2012 (!), on a delivery flight to Brazil and registration PR-MGP was reserved for it.
Sources:
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1885396
http://internationaljustice.rnw.nl/caribiana/bulletin/noodlanding-vliegtuig-op-zee-nabij-aruba
http://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieu...nsiehelikopter_redt_gecrashte_piloten_uit_zee
http://www.awe24.com/20120403/10328...cata_tur_2_persona_abordo_cu_a_ditch_cu_avion
http://amigoe.com/aruba/107179-vliegtuigje-stort-in-zee-inzittenden-gered
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/08_8116L.txt
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N8116L
