- Date
- March 7, 1973
- Place
- West End, Burkina Faso · WEST END, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N956BBeech 65
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730307014259A
- Case key
- 173337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0021 73/3/7 WEST END,BAHAMAS BEECH 65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4413 TIME - 1640 N956B PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST END INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST END,BAHAMAS WEST PALM BEACH,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOV OF THE BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N956B
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West End Intl
N956BRegistration cancelled Jun 15, 2017 · Beech 65Airframe modelBeech 65Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N956B · 2
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