- Date
- November 13, 2003
- Place
- Missing, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8224CPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA International Office, Miami, Florida
- Case key
- 58366
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Probable cause
Undetermined.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to an official with the Bahamian Air Traffic Services, a witness stated that he saw the pilot board the airplane and depart from Staniel Cay, Bahamas, to the southeast. The official further stated that inquiries as well as subsequent searches did not reveal any information as to the whereabouts of the pilot and the airplane. The aircraft and pilot are missing.
Factual narrative
On November 13, 2003, at an unknown time, a Piper PA-32-300, N8224C, registered to Watermakers Inc., and operated by a private individual as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, was reported missing after departure from Staniel Cay, Bahamas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane has not been located, and the whereabouts of the airplane and private-rated pilot are unknown. The flight originated from Staniel Cay, Bahamas, the same day, about 0700.
According to an official with the Bahamian Air Traffic Services, a witness stated that he saw the pilot board the airplane and depart from Staniel Cay, Bahamas, to the southeast. The official further stated that inquiries as well subsequent searches did not reveal any information as to the whereabouts of the pilot and the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8224C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Watermakers Inc.
- Departed
- MYES · Staniel Cay
- Destination
- Unknown
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
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- MYEG