- Date
- June 11, 1973
- Place
- Staniel Cay, Burkina Faso · STANIEL CAY, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5218YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730611018769A
- Case key
- 189795
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0027 73/6/11 NR.STANIEL CAY,BHMAS PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 7500 TIME - 1635 N5218Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 3896 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STANIEL CAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASSAU,BAHAMAS STANIEL CAY,BHMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5218Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Staniel Cay
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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