Beechcraft 65 N956B

7 March 1973 · West End, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 7 March 1973 at about 16:40 local time, a Beechcraft 65 registered N956B, operated by Raffa Industri, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near West End, Other-Foreign Countries. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 March 1973 at 16:40
Classification: Accident
Location: West End, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: West End Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft 65
Registration: N956B
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Raffa Industri
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → West Palm Beach, Fla
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0021

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	0	0	0	5

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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INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOV OF THE BAHAMAS.

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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 6-0021, 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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