Cessna 185 N561MC

6 May 1979 · Jamaica, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 6 May 1979 at about 06:40 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N561MC was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Jamaica, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 May 1979 at 06:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Jamaica, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 185
Registration: N561MC
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Montego Bay, Jamaica → Great Inagua, Bahamas
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-3138

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

ACFT LANDED IN OPEN WATER DUE TO LOSS OF ENG PWR, PLT ATMPTED TKOF, STUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT AND SANK.

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 3-3138, 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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All 1,004 records for this type

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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.