Date: | Saturday 7 July 1979 |
Time: | 21:00 |
Type: | Howard 500 |
Owner/operator: | Aggadir Ltd. |
Registration: | N721N |
MSN: | 500-102 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 55 km W off Aruba [Caribbean Sea] -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Atlanta (unknown airport), GA |
Destination airport: | Fort Lauderdale (unknown airport), FL |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot reported an electrical failure and became lost. Following a flameout of both engines the aircraft was ditched in the sea off Aruba, about 2000 km SSE of Fort Lauderdale.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - became lost/disoriented
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTORS
miscellaneous acts,conditions - electrical failure
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | MIA79DA114 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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