- Date
- April 5, 1978
- Place
- Great Inagua, Burkina Faso · GREAT INAGUA,BWI, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N761EMCessna T210
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780405019799A
- Case key
- 141944
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1557 78/4/5 NR.GREAT INAGUA,BWI CESSNA T210 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 140 TIME - 1510 N761EM PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH CAICOS,BWI UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT REPORTED DITCHING 15MI S OF GREAT INAGUA.ACFT NOT FOUND.ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761EM
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N761EMRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna T210MAirframe modelCessna T210MEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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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.