Beechcraft G18S N948Q

12 September 1978 · Nnassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Minor injuries

Summary

On 12 September 1978 at about 22:30 local time, a Beechcraft G18S registered N948Q was involved in an accident during in flight near Nnassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 September 1978 at 22:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Nnassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft G18S
Registration: N948Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Barangia, Columbia → Ft Lauderdale, Fl
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-4442

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	2	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

DITCHED IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.

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 3-4442, 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.

Also in

Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Beechcraft G18S 71 1978 4,698

Other Beechcraft G18S accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
5 Jul 1978	Beechcraft G18S N807P	Mc Allen, Texas, United States no coordinates	P.c.d. Corp	Minor injuries	-
16 Nov 1978	Beechcraft G18S N901PC	Hays, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Festus Flying	Fatal	2
4 Jan 1979	Beechcraft G18S N104KC	Sacramento, California, United States no coordinates	Union Flights	Fatal	2
11 May 1979	Beechcraft G18S N966YH	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Perkiomen Airw	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1977	Beechcraft G18S N75FA	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Flight Express	Serious injuries	-
4 Mar 1977	Beechcraft G18S N9965L	Tyonek, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Klondike Line	No injuries	-

All 71 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
7 Aug 1978	Aero Comdr 680F N669SA	Ngreat Inagua, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Sep 1978	Boeing SP747 N537PA	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
7 May 1978	Aerospatle 330J N49496	Atlantic City, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	2
28 Mar 1978	Douglas DC-8 N1306L	Bimini, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
6 Dec 1978	Lockheed L1011 N312EA	Intl Waters, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
22 Feb 1978	Mooney M20F N9255V	Ft.lauderdale, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.