Cessna 172D N8531X

14 November 1966 · So-Caicos Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 14 November 1966 at about 11:19 local time, a Cessna 172D registered N8531X was involved in an accident during in flight near So-Caicos Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 November 1966 at 11:19
Classification: Accident
Location: So-Caicos Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 172D
Registration: N8531X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3647

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.

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AIRCRAFT SANK IN OCEAN.

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 3-3647, 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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All 12,209 records for this type

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Oct 1966	Boeing 707 N771TW	London England, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
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14 Mar 1966	Cessna 172G N3798L	West End, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
21 Nov 1966	Hawker-Sdly DH 125 N235KC	Freeport Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Kellogg Co.	Fatal	1
1 Oct 1967	Douglas DC-8 N8613	Jacksonville, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
16 Dec 1965	Boeing B-727 N1631	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Northeast Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.