- Date
- January 14, 1976
- Place
- Recife (Atlantic Ocean) · RECIFE,BRAZIL, AO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N85N. American NA-265
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152567
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2349 76/1/14 NR.RECIFE,BRAZIL N. AMERICAN NA-265 CR- 1 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1835 N85 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 53, 13920 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2440 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASCENSION ISLAND,ATL RECIFE,BRAZIL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT DITCHING LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-MADE NAVIGATIONAL ERROR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- WROTE WRONG COURSE ON NAV CHART.INTL WATERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85
- Reported as
- N. American NA-265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
N85Registration cancelled Jan 20, 1976 · North American NA-265-40Airframe modelNorth American NA-265-40
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