19880819070809A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Parten P.68C · Duncan Town, Bahamas · August 19, 1988

Date
August 19, 1988 · 14:30 local
Place
Duncan Town, Bahamas
Airport
Racoon Key Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N39272
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88FA260
Reported as
Parten P68C
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
6
Pilot’s flight hours
275 total

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What happened

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

Left wing and engine seperated in flight. Cause was overload. Thunderstorms in area. Crashed into ocean and sank.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT WING AND ENGINE SEPERATED IN FLIGHT. CAUSE WAS OVERLOAD. THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA. CRASHED INTO OCEAN AND SANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.