Beechcraft 65 N35PK

Summary

On 6 August 1982 at about 06:55 local time, a Beechcraft 65 registered N35PK, operated by Desarrollo N.y. Panamanian COR, was involved in an accident near Andros Is, Bahamas. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 August 1982 at 06:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Andros Is, Bahamas

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft 65

Registration

N35PK

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Desarrollo N.y. Panamanian COR

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miami → Great Inagua

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA82DA182

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE EN ROUTE AT 9000 FT MSL AT NIGHT, THE RIGHT ENGINE REPORTEDLY LOST POWER AND WAS FEATHERED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE HAD A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. COMMUNICATION WAS MAINTAINED WITH MIAMI CENTER UNTIL THE PILOT REPORTED DITCHING ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF NASSAU, BAHAMAS. AT 0600, A U.S. NAVY VESSEL RESCUED THE PILOT AND TWO PASS ENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RECOVERED FROM THE OCEAN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.