Cessna 170B N3280A

30 December 1969 · Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 30 December 1969 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N3280A was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 December 1969 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Freeport
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 170B
Registration: N3280A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → S
Aircraft damage: Unknown/Not Reported
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0051

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.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF THE BAHAMAS.

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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 6-0051, 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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All 1,985 records for this type

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