# NTSB MIA70D0298: Cessna 170B, N3280A, Freeport, Burkina Faso, December 30, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 30, 1969
- Place: Freeport, Burkina Faso · FREEPORT, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147264
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70D0298
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70D0298

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3280A-2012-09-10), registration cancelled 2012-09-10, S/N 25924, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Airport: Freeport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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