- Date
- January 17, 2018, 08:08 local (13:08 UTC)
- Place
- Nicholls Town, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62769Piper PA-23-250
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96630
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
The government of Bahamas has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a PIPER PA 23-250 airplane that occurred on January 17, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Bahamas's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Bahamas.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62769
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7754010
- Engines
- Lycoming TIO-540 SER, 310 horsepower, reciprocatingLycoming TIO-540 SER, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operator
- Kingdom Airways LLC
- Registered owner
- Kingdom Airways LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MYAN · Nicholls Town
- Destination
- MYNN · Nassau
- Airport
- MYAN · San Andros Airport, runway 30, 5,002 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Auto-pilot
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 310 total