# NTSB UNK64X1791: Beechraft D-18S, N8069C, West End Gr Baham, Burkina Faso, May 16, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 16, 1964
- Place: West End Gr Baham, Burkina Faso · WEST END GR BAHAM, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 5, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184135
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1791
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1791

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0035  64/5/16    WEST END GR BAHAM   BEECHRAFT D-18S     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1600                    N8069C              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  52, 19900 TOTAL HOURS, 10
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JACK TAR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8069C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECHRAFT D-18S
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Jack Tar

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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