- Date
- December 30, 1969
- Place
- Freeport, Burkina Faso · FREEPORT, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3280ACessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0051 69/12/30 FREEPORT,BAHAMAS CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 3096 TIME - 1530 N3280A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-UNKNOWN OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREEPORT,BAHAMAS FREEPORT,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF THE BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3280A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Airport
- Freeport
N3280ARegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Cessna 170BAirframe modelCessna 170BEngine modelContinental C145 series
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