# Accident 20000202041619A: Beech D18S, Bimini, Bahamas, February 2, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2000, 14:05 local time
- Place: Bimini, Bahamas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P3EA
- Aircraft: N122V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N122V-2000-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,337 total, 1,440 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00WA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00WA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000202041619A

## Narrative

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

(-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^

## 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 MIA00WA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00WA080), Feb 2, 2000: Beech D18S (N122V), Bimini, Bahamas, substantial damage

## Other reports on N122V (2)

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

- [Incident 19960917037159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960917037159I), Sep 17, 1996: Beech D18S (N122V), Miami, FL. Narrative: on August 17, 1996, at 1130 EST at Miami International Airport, Beechcraft BE-18, N122V, piloted by robert a. morse experienced a ground loop on…
- [Incident 19921015045399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921015045399I), Oct 15, 1992: Beech D18S (N122V), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Prop blast from departing aircraft moved this parked aircraft forward. Aircraft struck another parked aircraft.

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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