- Date
- August 25, 1980
- Place
- Pt.Maria (Gulf of Mexico) · PT.MARIA,JAMAICA, GM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N218KBeech 65-80
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800825036979A
- Case key
- 130027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1761 80/8/25 NR.PT.MARIA,JAMAICA BEECH 65-80 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0640 N218K PX- 0 0 0 OTHER 57, 32000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSCOBEL,JAMAICA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- MARIJUANA LADEN ACFT CRASHED IN CARIBBEAN SEA NORTH OF JAMAICA.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N218K
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N218KRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Beech 65-80Airframe modelBeech 65-80Engine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
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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.