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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Norman Cay, Bahamas · July 3, 1982

Date
July 3, 1982 · 12:55 local
Place
Norman Cay, Bahamas
Airport
Norman Cay
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3244W
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Reported engine
Lycoming O540E4B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total1,030 in this make and model54 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.

Smoke, fumes in cockpit. Elected to land at nearest airport. High sink rate and power loss on final. Landed short.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE, FUMES IN COCKPIT. ELECTED TO LAND AT NEAREST AIRPORT. HIGH SINK RATE AND POWER LOSS ON FINAL. LANDED SHORT.