- Date
- October 24, 1976
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5665DBeech E-50
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761024042499A
- Case key
- 156528
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4014 76/10/24 MISSING AIRCRAFT BEECH E-50 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1044 N5665D PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 46, 18410 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LOCKA,FL GRAND TURK ISLAND,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES 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 REPORTED DITCHING DUE DOUBLE ENG FAILURE.INJ INDEX PRESUMED.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5665D
- Reported as
- Beech E-50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.