Beechcraft 65-80 N314Q

26 June 1981 · St.croix, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. · No injuries

Summary

On 26 June 1981 at about 17:05 local time, a Beechcraft 65-80 registered N314Q, operated by Ocean Air Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near St.croix, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.. 11 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: 26 June 1981 at 17:05
Classification: Accident
Location: St.croix, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.
Nearest airport: Alexander Hamlton
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft 65-80
Registration: N314Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Ocean Air Inc.
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: St.thomas, Usvi → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1510

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
11	0	0	0	11

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

L MAIN LNDG GEAR ACTUATOR TORQUE TUBE & 2 SUPPORT BRACKETS FAILED.

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 3-1510, 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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