Business Jet - Cessna Citation havarert i USA - ASN

Status:	Preliminary
Date:	Friday 24 May 2019
Time:	ca 18:00
Type:	Cessna 560 Citation Encore
Operator:	Hypo Consulting LLC
Registration:	N832R
C/n / msn:	560-0585
First flight:	2001
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535A
Crew:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	480 km (300 mls) E off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (   Atlantic Ocean)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	St. Louis Regional Airport, IL (ALN/KALN), United States of America
Destination airport:	Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE), United States of America

Narrative:
A Cessna 560 Citation Encore ditched into the Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles east of Fort Lauderdale. According the FAA there was one pilot on board.
The aircraft departed St. Louis Regional Airport, Illinois, USA at 18:36 UTC (13:36 local time) on a flight to Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, Florida, USA (KFXE). The aircraft climbed to the cruising altitude of FL390.
At some point in the flight ATC communication with the aircraft was lost. At 20:52 UTC the flight passed overhead KFXE at FL390, continuing on a heading of roughly 270°over the Atlantic Ocean. The aircraft was intercepted by two Homestead AFRES F-15's shortly before it went down into the sea at about 21:47 UTC.