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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bnorm BN2 · Ocean Cay, Bahamas · July 20, 1979

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Date: July 20, 1979 · 09:18 local
Place: Ocean Cay, Bahamas
Airport: Ocean Cay
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N856JA
Reported as: Bnorm BN2
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 4
Pilot’s flight hours: 588 total121 in this make and model191 in the last 90 days

N856JARegistration cancelled Jun 10, 2023 · Britten-Norman BN-2AS/N 108 · Built 1969 Airframe modelBritten-Norman BN-2A Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Landed downwind at departure end of island runway. Tried go-around. Ditched in sea off end runway. Foreign air taxi

As the FAA filed it

LANDED DOWNWIND AT DEPARTURE END OF ISLAND RUNWAY. TRIED GO-AROUND. DITCHED IN SEA OFF END RUNWAY. FOREIGN AIR TAXI