- Date
- November 9, 1970
- Place
- Freeport, Burkina Faso · FREEPORT, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1540ZBeech 95-A55
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158822
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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 70/11/9 NR.FREEPORT,BAHAMAS BEECH 95-A55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 6000 TIME - 1359 N1540Z PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREEPORT,BAHAMAS MONTEGO BAY,JAMAICA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- FIRE IN COCKPIT.DITCHED.ACFT SANK.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1540Z
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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