- Date
- May 17, 1979
- Place
- Treasure Cay, Burkina Faso · TREASURE CAY, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3836CAero Comdr 500
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790517031379A
- Case key
- 135482
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2839 79/5/17 NR.TREASURE CAY,BAHM AERO COMDR 500 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3770 TIME - 1715 N3836C PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1077 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TREASURE CAY,BAHAMAS ANDROS TOWN,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- HIT TREES NEAR RWY AFTR ENG FAILURE.UN MAINTAIN ALTITUDE,DITCHED IN INTL WATERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3836C
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Treasure Cay
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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.