- Date
- November 15, 1974
- Place
- Cay Verde, Burkina Faso · CAY VERDE, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56481Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741115038639A
- Case key
- 147023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0074 74/11/15 CAY VERDE,BAHAMAS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, TIME - 1000 N56481 PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MATTHEWTOWN,G.INAGUA DUNCANTOWN,RAGGED IS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- DEVIATED ARND WX,BECAME LOST.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION GOVT OF BAHAMA ISLANDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56481
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N56481Registration cancelled Sep 28, 2012 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.