ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 9903
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Date: | Thursday 20 December 1973 |
Time: | 14:10 |
Type: | Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N39385 |
MSN: | 534 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Bimini -
Bahamas
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | NAS |
Destination airport: | PPM |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Investigation under jurisdiction of the Government of the Bahamas. Damage and injury index presumed as aircraft was not found.
One possible scenario is that there was a violent weather front coming through at that time which could have thrown the plane into attitudes which might have been unrecoverable at low altitudes (per co-owner of the aircraft).
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | MIA74AM054 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Stephen H. Teetor, co-owner of the aircraft
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
16-Nov-2012 00:26 |
Teetor |
Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Mar-2020 08:13 |
kolibriforensics |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
06-Mar-2020 08:14 |
harro |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Damage] |
06-Mar-2020 08:19 |
harro |
Updated [Narrative] |
26-Apr-2022 07:43 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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