# Accident 19740630019169A: Piper PA28160, Bimini, June 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1974
- Place: Bimini
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Aircraft: N203X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N203X-1974-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 230 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK74X0113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK74X0113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740630019169A

## Narrative

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

PWR LOSS AFTER TKOF,UN RETURN TO ARPT,DITCHED 50FT OFF SHORE.INVEST JURISDICTION BAHAMIAN GOVT.

## 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 UNK74X0113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK74X0113), Jun 30, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N203X), Bimini, Burkina Faso, destroyed

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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