- Date
- December 27, 1971
- Place
- No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N480KBeech B90
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3732 71/12/27 NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN BEECH B90 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 12300 TIME - 1530 N480K PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE WHALE CAY,BAH FREEPORT,BAH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT STATED FUEL TOTALIZER SHOWED 387LBS,FUEL GAUGES SHOWED ZERO.DITCHED 18NM S OF FREEPORT,SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N480K
- Reported as
- Beech B90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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