# NTSB MIA08WA116: Aero Commander 500S, N501AP, North Bimini, Bahamas, June 9, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 9, 2008, 14:01 local (18:01 UTC)
- Place: North Bimini, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 25.79983, -79.336948
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7998&lon=-79.3369&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Miami Internation Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA08WA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08WA116

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N501AP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501AP-2008-10-29), registration cancelled 2008-10-29, S/N 3224, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Aero Commander 500S
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 500 S](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (registry code 0141107) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3224
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gramar 500, Inc.
- Registered owner: Gramer 500 inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: MYNN, Nassau
- Destination: FXE, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MYBS, South Bimini

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: MYNN

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