Cessna 310Q N555RM

5 November 1977 · Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries · Fatal

Summary

On 5 November 1977 at about 20:17 local time, a Cessna 310Q registered N555RM was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 November 1977 at 20:17
Classification: Accident
Location: Freeport, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Freeport Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 310Q
Registration: N555RM
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Ft Lauderdale, Fl
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 6-0027

People

6 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	6	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

INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF THE 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 6-0027, 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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