20000202041619A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech D18S · Bimini, Bahamas · February 2, 2000

Date
February 2, 2000 · 14:05 local
Place
Bimini, Bahamas
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
P3EA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N122V
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA00WA080
Reported as
Beech D18S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,337 total1,440 in this make and model280 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Sudden and complete loss of power in left engine while over the atlantic 48 miles east of Bimini, Bahamas. Propeller feathered, unable to maintain altitude, ditched. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER IN LEFT ENGINE WHILE OVER THE ATLANTIC 48 MILES EAST OF BIMINI, BAHAMAS. PROPELLER FEATHERED, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, DITCHED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N122V · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.