- Date
- August 12, 1966
- Place
- North Atlantic (Atlantic Ocean) · NORTH ATLANTIC, AO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3517RBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0873 66/8/12 NORTH ATLANTIC BEECH A23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 110 TIME - 1227 N3517R PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT SANK IN OCEAN 15 MILES WNW NASSAU BWI. PLANE,PILOT AND 2 PX,NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3517R
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3517RRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2012 · Beech A23Airframe modelBeech A23Engine modelContinental IO-346 series
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