# Accident 19960809022119A: Beech A36, Great Harbor Ke, Bahamas, August 9, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1996
- Place: Great Harbor Ke, Bahamas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Aircraft: N976WL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N976WL-2017-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960809022119A

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED IFR CLEARANCE, REPORTE A MAYDAY, RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT LOST, CRASHED.

## 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 MIA96LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA208), Aug 9, 1996: Beech A36 (N976WL), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: an inflight collision with the terrain (water) for undetermined reason(s). Factors relating to the accident were: failure of the pilot to obtain a preflight weather briefing, his failure to obtain…

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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