- Date
- January 4, 1980
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3725BBeech C-50
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800104000579A
- Case key
- 132248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0092 80/1/4 ATLANTIC OCEAN BEECH C-50 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0627 N3725B PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH CAICOS ISLAND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- DITCHED IN INTL WATERS.SURVIVORS CLAIM THEY WERE NOT THE CREW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3725B
- Reported as
- Beech C-50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3725BRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Beech C-50Airframe modelBeech C-50Engine modelLycoming GO-480 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.