- Date
- March 14, 1966
- Place
- West End, Burkina Faso · WEST END, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3798LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0014 66/3/14 NR.WEST END,BAHAMAS CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 700 TIME - 1140 N3798L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3798L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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