Beechcraft S35 N5055Q

20 June 1974 · 23N 71W Atl Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 20 June 1974 at about 13:00 local time, a Beechcraft S35 registered N5055Q was involved in an accident during in flight near 23N 71W Atl Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 June 1974 at 13:00
Classification: Accident
Location: 23N 71W Atl Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft S35
Registration: N5055Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Ft Lauderdale, Fla → S Caicos Is, Bwi
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2764

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	3	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

RPTD FUEL EXHAUSTED, DITCHING AT SEA.ACFT NOT RCVRD.DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

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 3-2764, 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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Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Beechcraft S35 219 1974 4,628

Other Beechcraft S35 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
31 May 1974	Beechcraft S35 N5759K	Waldo, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1974	Beechcraft S35 N5838K	Lapesca, Mexico no coordinates	S-P Charters I	No injuries	-
18 Jun 1974	Beechcraft S35 N1708W	Visalia, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
14 Feb 1974	Beechcraft S35 N5605K	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Flagstaff Mort	Serious injuries	-
5 May 1974	Beechcraft S35 N5834S	Blue Ridge, Texas, United States no coordinates	Mid Continent	Fatal	4
16 Sep 1974	Beechcraft S35 N6162G	Rimrock, Arizona, United States no coordinates	N.j.shaum & SO	Minor injuries	-

All 219 records for this type

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17 Mar 1974	Boeing 747 N93114	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
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11 Jul 1974	Piper PA-32 N3379W	Bimini, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pompano Senior	No injuries	-
24 Jun 1975	Cessna 150 N2926V	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pompano Aviati	Minor injuries	-
6 Jan 1973	Aero Comdr S-2R N8953Q	Atlantic O.north, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Euramericair, I	Fatal	1
16 Jul 1973	Cessna 150 N8398J	N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.