ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328819
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| Date: | Monday 31 July 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild FH-227 |
| Owner/operator: | Bahamasair |
| Registration: | C6-BDQ |
| MSN: | 518 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chub Cay Airport (CCZ) -
 Bahamas
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chub Cay Airport (CCZ/MYBC) |
A loud bang was heard shortly after lifting off; the aircraft settled back on the runway with the undercarriage retracted. The FH-227 slid 1385 feet down the runway and overran into a mangrove swamp.
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