N285CA

On September 20, 1993, at 2000 hours local ship time, a Bell 206B helicopter, N285CA, crashed at sea in the Pacific Ocean 1,200 miles west of Mazatlan, Mexico, under undetermined circumstances. The helicopter was owned by Crescent Airways, Inc., of West Hollywood, Florida, and was leased to Supremas Bel Golso of Mexico for fish spotting operations from a tuna vessel. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft was destroyed in the accident sequence and sank. The certificated commercial pilot and a fish spotter passenger on board sustained fatal injuries. The flight originated from a tuna vessel near the accident site at an undetermined time on the day of the mishap. The accident occurred in international waters at longitude 121 degrees 13 minutes west and latitude 12 degrees 52 minutes north.