- Date
- July 16, 2012, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6703KBeech B36TC
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA Miami International Field Office
- Case key
- 84338
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6703K
- Reported as
- Beech B36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA-372
- Engine
- Cont Motor TSIO-520 SER, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Van Auto Inc
- Registered owner
- Van Auto Inc
- Departed
- MYAM · Marsh Harbor
- Destination
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots, gusting 18
- Observed at
- MYNN
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 20, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 46 KB in all.