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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-260 · George Town, Bahamas · August 15, 1987

Date
August 15, 1987 · 19:00 local
Place
George Town, Bahamas
Airport
George Town
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3712W
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Reported engine
Lycoming O540E4B5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2

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.

Aircraft was on a training flight. Aircraft was located in the ocean waters west of airport. Cause undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED IN THE OCEAN WATERS WEST OF AIRPORT. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.