# Accident 19880819070809A: Parten P68C, Duncan Town, Bahamas, August 19, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1988, 14:30 local time
- Place: Duncan Town, Bahamas
- Airport: Racoon Key Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Aircraft: N39272, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39272-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Partenavia P.68C (registry code 6780105, https://openairdocs.org/model/partenavia-p-68c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PARTEN P68C
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880819070809A

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA88FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA260), Aug 19, 1988: Partenavia P-68C (N39272), Duncan Town, Bahamas, destroyed, 6 fatal

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.

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