- Date
- August 18, 1972
- Place
- Bevans Town, Burkina Faso · BEVANS TOWN,GBI, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2070DBeech D35
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0018 72/8/18 BEVANS TOWN,GBI BEECH D35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 300 TIME - 1641 N2070D PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 111 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LOCKA,FLA TREASURE CAY,GBI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- R WG AND STABILIZERS FAILED.TSTM IN AREA.INVEST AND REPTD BY GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2070D
- Reported as
- Beech D35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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