# NTSB MIA71RM105: Piper PA-23, N4755P, Cat Islnd, Burkina Faso, May 28, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 28, 1971
- Place: Cat Islnd, Burkina Faso · CAT ISLND, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 6, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162262
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71RM105
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71RM105

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bight Airstrip

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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