- Date
- November 8, 2018
- Place
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8383CPiper PA23
- Defining event
- Approach: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98625
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 PA23 airplane that occurred on November 08, 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
- N8383C
- Reported as
- Piper PA23 (250)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-4412
- Engines
- Lycoming TIO-540, 310 horsepower, reciprocatingLycoming TIO-540, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Global Aero Aircraft LLC
- Registered owner
- Global Aero Aircraft LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LNA · West Palm Beach, FL
- Destination
- MYNN · Nassau
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MYNN · Nassau
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
- 34
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- MYNN, 2 nm away
Other investigations on N8383C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.