ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328088
| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1981 |
| Time: | 15:19 |
| Type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Pinders Charter Service |
| Registration: | N28377 |
| MSN: | 141 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Nassau, Bahamas -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cape Eleuthera Airport (CEL/MYEC) |
| Nassau International Airport (NAS/MYNN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Both engines failed, so the pilot ditched the Islander in international waters off Nassau.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - mismanagement of fuel
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel exhaustion
FACTORs:
powerplant - powerplant-instruments: fuel quantity gauge
miscellaneous acts,conditions - erratic
miscellaneous acts,conditions - failure of two or more engines
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
NTSB
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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