- Date
- October 1, 1968
- Place
- Tarpum Hd, Burkina Faso · TARPUM HD, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3243FMooney M20E
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107143
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0016 68/10/1 TARPUM HD,BAHAMAS MOONEY M20E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 530 TIME - 1430 N3243F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 373 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK SOUND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT REMARKS- CRASHED IN OCEAN NEAR SHORE DURING TSTM. INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3243F
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock Sound
N3243FRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2010 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N3243F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.