- Date
- November 16, 1971
- Place
- Nassau, Burkina Faso · NASSAU, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2226PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0030 71/11/16 NASSAU,BAHAMAS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 3026 TIME - 1315 N2226P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NASSAU INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST END,BAHAMAS GEORGETOWN,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOST L ENG.CRASHED SHORT OF RWY.INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2226P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nassau Intl
N2226PRegistration cancelled Jan 12, 2018 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.