- Date
- May 1, 1974
- Place
- Marsh Hbr, Burkina Faso · MARSH HBR, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4416PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740501012759A
- Case key
- 170145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0023 74/5/1 MARSH HBR,BAHAMAS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1256 TIME - 1745 N4416P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARSH HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREEPORT,BAHAMAS MARSH HBR,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF BAHAMAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4416P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marsh Harbor
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4416P · 1
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