| 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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| 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 |
| Fort Lauderdale (unknown airport), FL | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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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Sources:
NTSB
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