# NTSB ERA12WA457: Beech B36TC, N6703K, Nassau, Bahamas, July 16, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 16, 2012, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 25.833333, -77.699996 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8333&lon=-77.7000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA Miami International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84338
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA457
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84338/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84338
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA457

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Turbulence: convective turbulence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032020): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B36TC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032020/cases.md?model=1151609), [All aircraft, 145 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B36TC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md?model=1151609), [All aircraft, 423 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6703K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6703K-2014-04-10), registration cancelled 2014-04-10, S/N EA-372, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- Registry model: [Beech B36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (registry code 1151609) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: EA-372
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; injuries: fatal; 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 20, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84338. 46 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 46 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40373238&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-Master.PDF

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.

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