- Date
- September 28, 1975
- Place
- West End, Burkina Faso · WEST END, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8901NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750928034169A
- Case key
- 151916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0060 75/9/28 WEST END,BAHAMAS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 490 TIME - 1230 N8901N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIMINI,BAHAMAS WEST END,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE BAHAMIAN GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8901N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8901N · 1
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