ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 3715
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| Date: | Friday 12 August 1966 |
| Time: | 12:27 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A23 |
| Owner/operator: | Astronautics |
| Registration: | N3517R |
| MSN: | M-672 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Atlantic Ocean, 15 miles WNW of Nassau -
 Bahamas
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Nassau, Bahamas (NAS/MYNN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 12.8.66: crashed and sank into the North Atlantic Ocean, 15 miles WNW of Nassau, Bahamas, after complete engine failure. Aircraft, and the three persons on board - the 30-year-old pilot and 2 passengers - were not recovered. One passenger survived, seriously injured, and was recovered.
The exact same aircraft had previously - and shortly before this accident - been involved in another accident on 29.7.1966, when the undercarriage collapsed during an aborted take off at Evanston, Wyoming (see link #2)
Registration belatedly cancelled by the FAA as "expired" 23.4.2012 (46 years later...)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=24016&key=0
2. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=23217&key=0
3. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=3517R
4. https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N3517R
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jun-2014 02:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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