- Date
- September 28, 1966
- Place
- Bimini, Burkina Faso · BIMINI, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5136PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120536
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0070 66/9/28 BIMINI BAHAMAS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1000 TIME - 1130 N5136P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIMINI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5136P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bimini
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