Beechcraft 65-80 N218K

25 August 1980 · Pt.maria, Other-International Waters · Fatal

Summary

On 25 August 1980 at about 06:40 local time, a Beechcraft 65-80 registered N218K was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Pt.maria, Other-International Waters. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 August 1980 at 06:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Pt.maria, Other-International Waters
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft 65-80
Registration: N218K
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Boscobel, Jamaica → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1761

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	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

MARIJUANA LADEN ACFT CRASHED IN CARIBBEAN SEA NORTH OF JAMAICA.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 3-1761, 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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