Douglas A-26 N40XY

19 December 1970 · Beirut, Asia · No injuries

Summary

On 19 December 1970 at about 15:08 local time, a Douglas A-26 registered N40XY, operated by Occidental CHE, was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Beirut, Asia. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 December 1970 at 15:08
Classification: Incident
Location: Beirut, Asia
Nearest airport: Beirut
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas A-26
Registration: N40XY
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Occidental CHE
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 5-0038

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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 THE GOVTOF LEBANON.

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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 5-0038, 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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