# NTSB GAA21WA076: Piper PA-31-350, N827RD, South Bimini, Bahamas, April 17, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: April 16, 2021, 21:42 local (Apr 17, 2021, 01:42 UTC)
- Place: South Bimini, Bahamas · In the water off end of Runway 10
- Coordinates: 25.699978, -79.265136 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7000&lon=-79.2651&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Piper Aircraft, AAIA, FAA / IFO, Lycoming Aircraft Engines
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102932
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102932/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA076

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-31-350, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=7103110), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N827RD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N827RD), registered now, S/N 31-7652094, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (registry code 7103110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-7652094
- Year built: 1976
- Airframe hours: 7113
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Goyo Air LLC.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 28, 2020, 33.8 hours before
- Departed: MYBS, South Bimini, OF
- Destination: OPF, Miami, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MYBS, South Bimini Airport, runway 10, 5,391 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.89 inHg
- Observed at: KFLL, 53 nm away
- METAR: KFLL 170153Z 22007KT 10SM BKN200 27/19 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02670194

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20210416006439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210416006439A), Apr 16, 2021: Piper PA-31-350, South Bimini, BH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Mynn approach called sector R61 to inform us that an eye witness at mybs watched N827RD crash into the water shortly after departing mybs.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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