Lockheed L18 N620S

6 May 1973 · Chub Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 6 May 1973 at about 00:50 local time, a Lockheed L18 registered N620S, operated by Karol Investme, was involved in an accident during in flight near Chub Cay, 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: 6 May 1973 at 00:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Chub Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Nearest airport: Chub Cay
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed L18
Registration: N620S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Karol Investme
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: All Other Public Flying
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Z → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 6-0020

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

INVEST UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BAHAMIAN GOV.PLT NOT RECOVERED, INJURY ASSUMED FATAL.

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 6-0020, 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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8 Jan 1965	Lockheed L18 N9303Z	Oakland Calif, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.