- Date
- December 12, 1975
- Place
- St Thomas, VI · ST THOMAS, VI
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N118DWBrittnorman BN-2A
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751212042289A
- Case key
- 152194
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3936 75/12/12 NR.ST THOMAS,VI BRITTNORMAN BN-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1500 TIME - 1129 N118DW PX- 0 0 6 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 596 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY S TRUMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DORADO,PR ST THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118DW
- Reported as
- Brittnorman BN-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harry S Truman
N118DWRegistration cancelled Mar 30, 1976 · Britten-Norman BN-2A-8Airframe modelBritten-Norman BN-2A-8
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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.