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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper 602P · Pine Cay, Bahamas · March 4, 1982

Date
March 4, 1982 · 11:30 local
Place
Pine Cay, Bahamas
Airport
Pine Cay
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N68915
Reported as
Piper 602P
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540A1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
514 total122 in this make and model184 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Surging engine on bouncy takeoff. Unable to climb, stalled, crash landed. Did not use single engine procedure.

As the FAA filed it

SURGING ENGINE ON BOUNCY TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO CLIMB, STALLED, CRASH LANDED. DID NOT USE SINGLE ENGINE PROCEDURE.