# Accident 19800912090359A: Doug DC3A, West End, Bahamas, September 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1980, 20:58 local time
- Place: West End, Bahamas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FCAA
- Aircraft: N75KW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75KW-1983-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3A (registry code 3021433, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3A
- People aboard: 32
- Fatal injuries: 32
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800912090359A

## Narrative

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

PREMATURE DESCENT INTO WATER DURING AN IFR APPROACH IN A THUNDERSTORM AREA. FUNNEL CLOUDS, WATER SPOUTS IN AREA.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.