Aero Comdr 680-E N4900

12 October 1972 · No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 12 October 1972 at about 18:12 local time, a Aero Comdr 680-E registered N4900, operated by Flamingo Airli, was involved in an accident during in flight near No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 October 1972 at 18:12
Classification: Accident
Location: No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aero Comdr 680-E
Registration: N4900
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Flamingo Airli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Bimini, Bahamas → Nassau, Bahamas
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3614

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	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

RECOVERED 10/25/72 IN OCEAN.FLEW INTO TSTM, LOST CTL.UN RECOVER IN TIME TO AVOID IMPACT.

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 3-3614, 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.

Also in

Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Aero-Comdr 680 160 1972 4,478

Other Aero Comdr 680 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 Mar 1972	Aero Comdr 680 FL N669SA	Bremgarten, Europe no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 Mar 1972	Aero Comdr 680-F N6280X	John Day, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Dec 1972	Aero Comdr 680 N6830S	Greeley, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
20 Oct 1972	Aero Comdr 680FL N264CP	Nome, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Munz Northern	No injuries	-
22 Nov 1972	Aero Comdr 680-E N8441C	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Long Island AI	Fatal	2
9 Dec 1972	Aero Comdr 680V N1195Z	Augusta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	IVY Steele and	Fatal	1

All 160 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Aug 1972	Cessna 177 N3329T	N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	South Dade AVI	Minor injuries	-
14 Jun 1972	Piper PA-28R N7573J	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Bush Aviation	No injuries	-
14 Jul 1972	Boeing 747 N9664	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
15 May 1972	Piper PA-28 N3646K	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Jan 1972	De Havilland DH104 N979JC	St.mrtn, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
31 Dec 1972	Lake LA-4 N39384	Governors Hrbr, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Trails Aviatio	Minor injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.