Cessna 172 N1483F

29 May 1968 · Grand Turk Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 29 May 1968 at about 18:10 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N1483F was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Grand Turk Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 May 1968 at 18:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Grand Turk Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 172
Registration: N1483F
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3881

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

PLT DECLARED ENG QUIT AND HE WAS DITCHING SO.OF GRAND TURK. DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

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 3-3881, 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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