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The National Transportation Safety Board factual aviation accident reports do not antedate 1978. However “Briefs” to accidents go back as far as 1964. Officially, the Civil Aeronautic Board reports (the Bureau which preceded the NTSB) have all been destroyed. In actuality, they are held at General Microfilm (at least those reports that date back through the 1960s). Unfortunately, they are not indexed. Therefore, essentially, for now they are indeed lost, lost in a warehouse full of boxes.
   The following profiles are based on the available “Briefs.” They are terse and contain little information. (I am still seeking accident reports from the 1940s through to 1978 for civil aircraft). Nevertheless, they officially confirm the number and types of disappearances. The conclusion expressed in them gives us the only clue as to what the contemporary investigations uncovered: “Aircraft Damage and Injury Index Presumed.”
   Most have never before published in any form until now.

Note: the photographs below are of the same model of aircraft that vanished and, unless otherwise noted, are not a picture of the actual plane that went missing.

  N2157P

Feb. 8, 1964, Apache in charter service; Bahamas

N99660

Mooney-Ercoupe; December 6, 1965, Bahamas.

Chase YC-122, off Bimini

N122E

N5100W

July 2, 1967, a Cherokee near Puerto Rico

 N9443J,

November 22, 1967; Cherokee, vicinity of Cat Island

N9490S

Feb. 15, 1969; Beech Baron between Miami and Columbus, Georgia

N590T

Beech Travel Air: July 29, 1969, after leaving South Caicos for San Juan, PR

N81089

Cessna 140; December 5, 1964, off Florida

N6077P

N8063H

N4010D

Beech C18s; September 15, 1965, on approach to St. Thomas. Time: 7:26.

Cessna 182, October 31, 1965, near Marathon, Florida Keys.

Commanche on December 29, 1965, en route to Puerto Rico.

N92877

A number of mysteries still surround the disappearance of a converted B-25 Mitchell bomber on April 5, 1966. Full Story

Beech Bonanza, off Key Largo

N7210B

Apache near Puerto Rico

3 in one week, January 11-17, 1967.

N4129P

N8165W

August 6, 1967, a Cherokee between Miami and Bimini.

N1483F

Cessna 172; May 29, 1968, near Grand Turk

N609R

March 22, 1969; Beech 95, near Turks islands.

N3775K

October 3, 1967, between Great Inagua and Puerto Rico

N944MH

N7121E

November 8, 1967, over Exumas.

N8653P

July 8, 1968; Cessna 180, between West Palm Beach and Grand Bahama

January 5, 1969; Comanche, Pompano Beach to Virginia

One of the most well known incidents in the Triangle is the disappearance of N8040L on June 6, 1969. Full Story

N852JA

Because of the internet, more light is shed on what was an obscure disappearance on August 3, 1969. More

October 11, 1969; BN2A Islander, between Great Inagua and San Juan, PR

N8971C in flight. Courtesy of Richard Romley

N9078P

January 17, 1970; Piper Comanche-- It between  Opa-Locka, Florida (Miami), and Nassau, Bahamas.

N1166T

July 3, 1970; Cessna 310G, near Puerto Rico

N9346P

November 23, 1970, Comanche en route from Florida to Jamaica.

N30844

Cessna Cardinal; March 20, 1971, between Miami and Andros Island

N5126K

Bob Corner and Reno Rigon departed from Fort Meyers, Florida, and headed out into the Triangle for Freeport, Grand Bahama. The date was May 25, 1973. The airplane was a Navion A16.

N61155

N7050T

September 10, 1971

“Sting 27”

December 21, 1971, Cessna 150, off Florida.

March 28, 1973, Cessna 172, off Florida

N7956K

August 10, 1973, in the Bahamas, a Beech Bonanza

N50143

August 26, 1973, a Cessna 150, off Puerto Rico

N39385

N864JA

December 20, 1973; a Lake Amphibian, en route to Bimini.

N83CA

N8103Q

Feb. 10, 1974, a Cessna Chancellor over the Bahamas.

N632Q

Feb 10, 1974; an BN2A Islander, disappeared on approach to St. Thomas.

N414DG

July 13, 1974; Piper Cherokee 6, over the Bahamas

Augist 11, 1974; Beech Bonanza, en route from Philadelphia to Pompano Beach, Florida

Feb. 5, 1975, between North Carolina and Grand Bahama, a Twin Comanche.

N86011

May 2, 1975; A Cessna 337D Skymaster, off Florida

N1157

June 4, 1976; Twin Bonanza, between Florida and Domincan Republic.

N8936G

July 28, 1975; Cessna 172, off Florida.

N5665D

October 24, 1976, near Grand Turk, a Beech Twin Bonanza

N5182R

December 9, 1975, while flying the West Indies. A Cessna 172

N4573P

December 28, 1976, a Piper Aztec, between Anguilla and Beef Island.

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