N American NA-265 N85

14 January 1976 · Recife, Atlantic Ocean South Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 14 January 1976 at about 18:35 local time, a N American NA-265 registered N85, operated by FED AV Admin, was involved in an accident during in flight near Recife, Atlantic Ocean South Lat.. 3 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 January 1976 at 18:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Recife, Atlantic Ocean South Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: N American NA-265
Registration: N85
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: FED AV Admin
Operating rule: Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Ascension Island, Atl → Recife, Brazil
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2349

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	1	0	0	2

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

WROTE WRONG COURSE ON NAV CHART.INTL WATERS. PILOT-MADE NAVIGATIONAL ERROR

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 3-2349, 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 South Lat. 9 N American NA-265 27 1976 4,367

Other N American NA-265 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
1 Oct 1976	N American NA-265 N62	Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
7 Nov 1977	N American NA-265 N77AP	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Mechanical EQU	Fatal	3
27 Apr 1977	N American NA-265 N6NR	Wheeling, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Rockwell Intl	Serious injuries	-
14 Jun 1975	N American NA-265 N67KM	Watertown, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	Kerr-McGee COR	Serious injuries	-
14 Mar 1978	N American NA-265 N31BC	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Brunswick Corp	Serious injuries	-
15 Jan 1974	N American NA-265 N5565	Oklahoma Cty, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Kerr-McGee COR	Fatal	2

All 27 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Jan 1977	Piper PA-23 N5002Y	Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean South Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Oct 1974	Bell 47G-5A N83069	Lat 02S, Atlantic Ocean South Lat. no coordinates	M.v.margaret	Serious injuries	-
17 Jul 1978	Mooney M20J N201GA	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean South Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 Jan 1979	Cessna 210G N5853F	Gt Inagua, Atlantic Ocean South Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
11 Dec 1971	Piper PA-32 N8965N	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean South Lat. no coordinates	Blackwell Flyi	No injuries	-
15 Apr 1969	Forney F-1 N7555C	St Eustatius, Atlantic Ocean South Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 9 records in Atlantic Ocean South Lat.