# Incident 20150904017179I: Piper PA-23-250, Cat Cay, BH, September 4, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2015, 16:55 local time
- Place: Cat Cay, BH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1715Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1715Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 (registry code 41651, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,400 total, 200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150904017179I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 09/04/2015, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADVISED PBI UPON ARRIVAL OF A POSSIBLE GEAR PROBLEM AND REQUESTED A TOWER FLYBY TO VERIFY GEAR OK. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. PBI FIRE CHIEF REPORTED DAMAGED RIGHT PROPELLER. PILOT CONTACTED TOWER AND FSS TO REPORT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AND FAA WAS SUBSEQUENTLY NOTIFIED. ON 09/10/2015, FAA INTERVIEW REVEALED THAT THE PILOT HAD DEPARTED MYCC IN BAHAMAS AND HAD WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A BLOWN TIRE OR BIRD STRIKE. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NO EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AFTER TAKEOFF AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO PBI. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES OF THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT FORWARD.

## Other reports on N1715Y (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20241017018539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241017018539I), Oct 17, 2024: Piper PA-23-250 (N1715Y), Kona, HI, Minor damage. Aircraft approached from the north to land on runway 17. After touchdown during rollout, nose gear collapsed. No adverse gear indications prior to event.
- [Incident 20210630011609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210630011609I), Jun 30, 2021: Piper PA-23-250 (N1715Y), Kona, HI, Minor damage. On June 30, 2021 around 0845 HST the hnl FSDO was notified by roc , there was a PA23 type aircraft involved in an incident at the ellison onizuka Kona…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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