MIA72OKA10

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-31 · Anguilla, WN · December 25, 1971

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
December 25, 1971
Place
Anguilla, WN · ANGUILLA, West Indies
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N9005YPiper PA-31
Status
Completed · report June 30, 1972
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
164800

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0053  71/12/25   ANGUILLA,W INDIES   PIPER PA-31         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 3415
        TIME - 0530                    N9005Y              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WALLBLAKE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ANGUILLA,W INDIES           ST THOMAS,VI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF WEST INDIES.

Aircraft

Registration
N9005Y
Reported as
Piper PA-31
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Wallblake

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.