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Status	Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date	Tuesday 21 February 1984
Time	11:41
Type	Cessna P210N
Operator	private
Registration	N731NJ
MSN	P210N0050
Year of manufature
Engines	Continental TSIO-520P
Crew	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers	Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total occupants	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage	Destroyed
Location	Key West, FL United States of America
Phase	Unknown
Nature	Private
Departure Airport	Key West, FL (EYE)
Destination Airport	Meridian, MS (MEI)
Narrative	DURING HIS WX BRIEFING THE PLT WAS GIVEN THE FLIGHT PRECAUTIONS & ENROUTE FORECAST ALONG HIS PROPOSED ROUTE OF flight. ENROUTE AT 14,000 FT THE PLT ADVISED ARTCC THAT THE FLT HAD ENCOUNTERED RIME ICE. THE CONTROLLER CLEARED THE FLT TO DESCEND TO 12,000 FT & THE ACFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR DURING THE DESCENT. ON 2/22 AN OIL SLICK WAS SIGHTED IN THE AREA WHERE IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE ACFT CRASHED. DEBRIS WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE WATER WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM THE ACFT WRECKAGE. THE ACFT IS PRESUMED TO BE LOST AT SEA & THE INJURIES ARE PRESUMED. SIGMET PAPA-2, FORECASTING THUNDERSTORMS WITH CUMULUNIMBUS CLOUDS WITH TOPS UP TO 45,000 FT WAS ISSUED AT 0800 & WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 FOR THE AREA OF THE ACFT DISAPPEARANCE. CAUSE:

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