Cessna 402 N69378

5 March 1977 · Stirrup, Other-Foreign Countries · Fatal

Summary

On 5 March 1977 at about 12:30 local time, a Cessna 402 registered N69378, operated by Fred Bell Ente, was involved in an accident during in flight near Stirrup, Other-Foreign Countries. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 March 1977 at 12:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Stirrup, Other-Foreign Countries
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 402
Registration: N69378
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Fred Bell Ente
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Chub Cay, Bahamas → Ft Lauderdale, Fl
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0002

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	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

INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF 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 6-0002, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 Feb 1977	Cessna 402 N4090L	Bennington, Vermont, United States no coordinates	Avia Lease CRP	No injuries	-
13 Aug 1977	Cessna 402A N4554Q	Yates City, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Brower Airways	Fatal	3
23 Feb 1977	Cessna 402B N87126	Batavia, New York, United States no coordinates	Colonial Metal	No injuries	-
7 Feb 1977	Cessna 402A N87275	Peoria, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Mt Hawley Avia	No injuries	-
25 Aug 1977	Cessna 402 N9900F	Clovis, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Crown AV. Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Dec 1977	Cessna 402 N3295Q	Rolla, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Dickman Aviati	No injuries	-

All 489 records for this type

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8 Mar 1977	Beechcraft B95 N9905R	Gun Cay, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Mar 1977	Swearingen SA226T N5329M	Nassau Bahamas, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	INA Aviation C	Fatal	1
8 Mar 1977	Cessna 172K N46582	Andros Is Bahamas, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
5 Apr 1977	Aero Comdr 560F N6217X	Exuma, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	International	Serious injuries	-
3 Aug 1977	Piper PA-18 N7759Y	Bimini, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
20 Feb 1977	Cessna 337 N86324	Walkers Cay, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 247 records in Other-Foreign Countries