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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 337 · Nassau, Bahamas · August 14, 1979

Date
August 14, 1979 · 13:15 local
Place
Nassau, Bahamas
Airport
Nassau
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N85947
Reported as
Cessna 337
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
24,500 total40 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft ditched at sea. Pilot claims either contaminated fuel or failure of fuel to feed. Aircraft not recovered.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DITCHED AT SEA. PILOT CLAIMS EITHER CONTAMINATED FUEL OR FAILURE OF FUEL TO FEED. AIRCRAFT NOT RECOVERED.