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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech H-18 · North Caicos Is, TK · March 2, 1983

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Date: March 2, 1983 · 19:20 local
Place: North Caicos Is, TK
Airport: North Caicos
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2656X
Reported as: Beech H18
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,246 total368 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N2656XRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2013 · Beech H-18S/N BA-677 · Built 1964 Airframe modelBeech H-18 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Struck trees and crashed on a go around from a misaligned approach to a unlighted strip. Possible air taxi flight.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED ON A GO AROUND FROM A MISALIGNED APPROACH TO A UNLIGHTED STRIP.POSSIBLE AIR TAXI FLIGHT.