- Date
- October 17, 1975
- Place
- Nassau, Burkina Faso · NASSAU, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5444YPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751017036439A
- Case key
- 151921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0067 75/10/17 NASSAU,BAHAMA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1515 N5444Y PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG 58, 12576 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASSAU,BAHAMA STANTEL CAY,BAHAMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PASSENGER FUMES IN CABIN REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5444Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5444YRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5444Y · 1
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