# Accident 19730611018769A: Piper PA23, Staniel Cay, June 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1973
- Place: Staniel Cay
- Airport: Staniel Cay
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Aircraft: N5218Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5218Y-1973-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73RM108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73RM108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730611018769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA73RM108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73RM108), Jun 11, 1973: Piper PA-23 (N5218Y), Staniel Cay, Burkina Faso, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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