Beechcraft A23 N3517R

12 August 1966 · North Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 12 August 1966 at about 12:27 local time, a Beechcraft A23 registered N3517R, operated by Astronautics F, was involved in an accident during in flight near North Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 4 people were on board and 3 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 August 1966 at 12:27
Classification: Accident
Location: North Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft A23
Registration: N3517R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Astronautics F
Operating rule: Flying Club (Military)
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0873

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	3	1	0	0

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

ACFT SANK IN OCEAN 15 MILES WNW NASSAU BWI. PLANE, PILOT AND 2 PX, NOT RECOVERED.

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 2-0873, 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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Other Beechcraft A23 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Apr 1966	Beechcraft A23 N3512R	Augusta Me, Maine, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
26 Oct 1966	Beechcraft A23 N2303W	Albuquerque N Mex, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Cutter Flying	No injuries	-
15 Jan 1966	Beechcraft A23 N1443L	Cahokia Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Arch Acft	No injuries	-
5 Jul 1966	Beechcraft A23 N1449L	Baraboo Wis, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	B&M Aircraft C	Serious injuries	-
13 Nov 1966	Beechcraft A23 N3574R	Hutchinson Kans, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Beech Flying C	No injuries	-
24 Jul 1966	Beechcraft A23 N2351W	West Mifflin Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Page Airways I	Serious injuries	-

All 628 records for this type

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10 Oct 1966	Boeing 707 N771TW	London England, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Mar 1966	Cessna 172G N3798L	West End, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
21 Nov 1966	Hawker-Sdly DH 125 N235KC	Freeport Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Kellogg Co.	Fatal	1
14 Nov 1966	Cessna 172D N8531X	So-Caicos Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Oct 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8613	Jacksonville, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
16 Dec 1965	Boeing B-727 N1631	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Northeast Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.