# Accident 19790517031379A: Rkwell 500A, Treasure Cay, Bahamas, May 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1979, 17:15 local time
- Place: Treasure Cay, Bahamas
- Airport: Treasure Cay
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N3836C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3836C-1979-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500A
- Reported engine: LYC O540A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,770 total, 1,077 in this make and model, 365 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790517031379A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST RT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. LEFT WING HIT TREES, CONTINUED OUT OVER WATER. LEFT ENGINE OVERHEATED. DITCHED IN OCEAN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79DA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA104), May 17, 1979: Aero Comdr 500 (N3836C), Treasure Cay, Burkina Faso, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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