# NTSB MIA02WA151: Piper PA-23-250B, N65CT, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, August 10, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 10, 2002, 08:40 local (12:40 UTC)
- Place: Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
- Coordinates: 18.45, -64.433334
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4500&lon=-64.4333&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 55469
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA02WA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55469/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02WA151

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65CT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65CT-2007-11-26), registration cancelled 2007-11-26, S/N 27-2461, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-23-250B
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Palmares Enterprises, Ltd.
- Departed: TIST, St. Thomas
- Destination: TUPW, Virgin Gorda
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TIST

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Incident 20020810026289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020810026289I), Aug 10, 2002: Piper PA23250, Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. (-23) While executing a short field landing at Virgin Gorda (tupw) the aircraft PA-23-250 Piper aztec N65CT experienced an incident as follows: the pilot was…

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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