- Date
- July 1, 1968
- Place
- Wms Isle, Burkina Faso · WMS ISLE, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3855UCessna 336
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0049 68/7/1 NR.WMS ISLE,BAHAMAS CESSNA 336 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1442 TIME - 0930 N3855U PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 179 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF THE BAHAMAS. SURVEY FLT FOR BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3855U
- Reported as
- Cessna 336
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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