- Date
- May 29, 1968
- Place
- Grand Turk Is, Burkina Faso · GRAND TURK IS, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1483FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3881 68/5/29 NR.GRAND TURK IS,BWI CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, UNK/NR TIME - 1810 N1483F PX- 1 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 MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- PLT DECLARED ENG QUIT AND HE WAS DITCHING SO.OF GRAND TURK. DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1483F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1483FRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Cessna 172HAirframe modelCessna 172HEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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