Beechcraft D18S N103P

4 August 1972 · St Maarten, Other-Foreign Countries · Serious injuries

Summary

On 4 August 1972 at about 11:17 local time, a Beechcraft D18S registered N103P was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near St Maarten, Other-Foreign Countries. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 August 1972 at 11:17
Classification: Accident
Location: St Maarten, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: La Esperanza
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft D18S
Registration: N103P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: San Juan, Pr → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0060

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	2	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

CRASHED DUR LDG.INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE FRENCH ANTILLES GOVERNMENT.

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 6-0060, 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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11 Apr 1972	Beechcraft D18S N118L	San Jose, California, United States no coordinates	Valley Airlin*	No injuries	-
2 Mar 1972	Beechcraft D18S N375C	Bismarck, North Dakota, United States no coordinates	Donald G.luthi	Serious injuries	-
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14 Dec 1972	Beechcraft D18S TG-HIH	Tunica, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Aeroservicios	No injuries	-
10 Jun 1972	Beechcraft D18S N7526	Nashville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Sierra West A*	Fatal	1
13 Sep 1972	Beechcraft D18S N281H	Santa Maria, California, United States no coordinates	Apollo Airways	No injuries	-

All 260 records for this type

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