- Date
- May 28, 1971
- Place
- Cat Islnd, Burkina Faso · CAT ISLND, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4755PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162262
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0010 71/5/28 CAT ISLND,BAHAMAS PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1050 TIME - 1710 N4755P PX- 5 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIGHT AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARTHURS TOWN,BAHAMAS THE BIGHT,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4755P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bight Airstrip