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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Walkers Cay, Bahamas · April 16, 1981

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Date: April 16, 1981 · 14:30 local
Place: Walkers Cay, Bahamas
Airport: Walkers Cay
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6762Y
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 690 total185 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

N6762YRegistration cancelled Feb 25, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-4091 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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Downdraft on short final. Landed short of runway, collapsing all three landing gears,slid to a stop on runway.

As the FAA filed it

DOWNDRAFT ON SHORT FINAL. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY, COLLAPSING ALL THREE LANDING GEARS,SLID TO A STOP ON RUNWAY.