ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202978
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| Date: | Thursday 14 December 2017 |
| Time: | 12:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210L Turbo Centurion |
| Owner/operator: | Tropikordia Inc |
| Registration: | N727TJ |
| MSN: | 21061045 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8.5 miles off West End, Grand Bahama -
 Bahamas
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gainesville-J R Alison Municipal Airport, FL (GNV/KGNV) |
| North Eleuthera International Airport (ELH/MYEH) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAID Bahamas |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Shortly before 12:00, police were alerted by Air Traffic Control that a blue and white single engine aircraft coming from the United States of America with two occupants crashed into the sea under unknown circumstances.
A female occupant was rescued and retrieved from the water with serious injuries. The aircraft and a male occupant are missing.
On Friday 15 December 2017 search operations by the US Coast Guard were suspended. The pilot is deemed to have died in the crash.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://theworldnews.net/bs-news/rbpf-grand-bahama-plane-crash-landed-in-waters-of-west-end]
http://magneticmediatv.com/2017/12/grand-bahama-police-report-on-crash-landing-off-west-end/
www.thenassaugardian.com
http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/regional-intl-news/pilot-feared-dead-wife-rescued-bahamas-plane-crash/
https://wp.caribbeannewsnow.com/2017/12/16/us-coast-guard-suspends-search-missing-pilot-plane-crash-18-miles-northwest-bahamas/
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N727TJ/history/20171214/1500Z/KGNV/MYEH
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N727TJ
Summary Report: https://6f0351cf-8d71-43fe-8c35-5f33d1ae82bf.filesusr.com/ugd/fbeb16_b3a5991e4c6542beb1da04551a239e71.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2017 08:26 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Dec-2017 11:31 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2017 18:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 16-Dec-2017 00:46 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2017 08:05 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2020 07:28 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 09-May-2020 07:29 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
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