Atlantic Ocean near West End Settlement, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas 26°17′45″N79°27′26″W / 26.29583°N 79.45722°W / 26.29583; -79.45722
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Douglas DC-3A
Operator
Florida Commuter Airlines
Registration
N75KW
Flight origin
Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Destination
Grand Bahama International Airport, Freeport, Bahamas
Occupants
34
Passengers
30
Crew
4
Fatalities
34
Survivors
0
On September 12, 1980, Florida Commuter Airlines Flight 65, operating from West Palm Beach, Florida to Freeport, Bahamas, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near West End Settlement on Grand Bahama Island. The Douglas DC-3A used on the flight was not recovered and all 34 persons on board were killed.[1][2][3]
Investigators were unable to determine the cause of the crash, but determined that factors likely contributing to the crash included flight into a thunderstorm, unreliable instruments due to discrepancies in the pitot-static system, and lack of proper operational oversight by airline management.[1]
^ abcFlorida Commuter Airlines, Inc. Douglas DC-3, N75KW, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, September 12, 1980(PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. March 20, 1981. NTSB-AAR-81-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2017. - New URL - Copy at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
^""I Was Scared": Six Friends Die In Plane Crash". The Palm Beach Post. September 15, 1980. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
^"Flight to Freeport Crashes; 34 Dead". The Palm Beach Post. September 14, 1980. pp. A1, A24. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
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