- Date
- December 20, 1973
- Place
- Bimini, Burkina Faso · BIMINI, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39385Lake L4-200
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731220042529A
- Case key
- 187342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0066 73/12/20 NR.BIMINI,BAHAMAS LAKE L4-200 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, UNK/NR TIME - 1410 N39385 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASSAU,BAHAMAS BIMINI,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF BAHAMAS.DMG AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED-NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39385
- Reported as
- Lake L4-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.