- Date
- December 5, 1972
- Place
- Coakly Twn, Burkina Faso · COAKLY TWN, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N112MWPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0059 72/12/5 COAKLY TWN,BAHAMA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 4000 TIME - 1520 N112MW PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDROS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREEPORT,BAHAMAS ANDROS TOWN,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- R ENG QUIT,UN MAINTAIN FLT. INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112MW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Andros
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