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| Date: | Wednesday 14 June 1972 |
| Time: | 08:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R |
| Owner/operator: | Bush Aviation |
| Registration: | N7573J |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas -
 Bahamas
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Abaco, Bahamas |
| Eleuthera, Bahamas | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During descent to Eleuthera, Bahamas, engine failed without warning. Pilot switched fuel tanks, believing engine failure to be due to fuel starvation. He then attempted to re-start the engine, without success, and was forced to ditch the aircraft into the Altantic Ocean
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=65862&key=0 [NTSB Identification: MIA72DKT82]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 15:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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