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Convair 340 N94480

16 April 1979 · Key West, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 April 1979 at about 00:30 local time, a Convair 340 registered N94480 was involved in an accident during in flight near Key West, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Key West, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
Key West
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Convair 340
Registration
N94480
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Other
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-2077

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 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

OFT MUD & LARGE CORAL ROCKS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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