Cessna 185A N4053Y

5 July 1966 · Benghazi Libya, Africa · No injuries

Summary

On 5 July 1966 at about 14:32 local time, a Cessna 185A registered N4053Y, operated by I.a.d.c.o., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Benghazi Libya, Africa. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 July 1966 at 14:32
Classification: Accident
Location: Benghazi Libya, Africa
Nearest airport: Neil Price Camp 2
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 185A
Registration: N4053Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: I.a.d.c.o.
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0048

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0048, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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