Beechcraft D18S N980WL

30 October 1971 · Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 30 October 1971 at about 17:30 local time, a Beechcraft D18S registered N980WL, operated by Navajo Intl AI, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries. 6 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: 30 October 1971 at 17:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Congo Town
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft D18S
Registration: N980WL
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Navajo Intl AI
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Miami, Fla → Georgetown, Bahamas
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0072

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	0	0	0	6

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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INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.

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 6-0072, 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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