19831206060149A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA28R201 · Nurse Cay, Bahamas · December 6, 1983

Date
December 6, 1983 · 12:17 local
Place
Nurse Cay, Bahamas
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6419C
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
610 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Witnesses observed aircraft in a spin and crashing into Nurse Cay. Passenger not able to describe accident.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES OBSERVED AIRCRAFT IN A SPIN AND CRASHING INTO NURSE CAY. PASSENGER NOT ABLE TO DESCRIBE ACCIDENT.