Beechcraft 65-B80 N1HQ

Summary

On 5 November 1982 at about 21:54 local time, a Beechcraft 65-B80 registered N1HQ, operated by James Valentine, was involved in an accident near Missing Acft, Bahamas. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 November 1982 at 21:54

Classification

Accident

Location

Missing Acft, Bahamas

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft 65-B80

Registration

N1HQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

James Valentine

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Lauderdale → Eleuthera Islan

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

MIA83LA025

3 people died.

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

THE FLT DEPARTED FT. LAUDERDALE AT 1626, & AT 1654 IN THE VICINITY OF BIMINI WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT NASSAU RADIO. THE FLT FAILED TO CONTACT NASSAU & THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE FLT. SEARCH EFFORTS PRODUCED NEGATIVE RESULTS. IMC PREVAILED ON THE PROPOSED ROUTE OF FLT. RADAR DEPICTIONS SHOWED THE MOST SEVERE WEATHER TO BE BETWEEN MIAMI, FL & BIMINI. SIGMET 7 ISSUED AT 1455 SHOWED AN AREA OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING TO A POINT 100 MI E OF MIAMI WITH TOPS TO 40,000 FT THAT WAS MOVING NE AT 15K. ACFT DAMAGE & INJURIES ARE PRESUMED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.