# NTSB MIA89WA179: Piper PA-23-250, N14038, Walker Cay, Bahamas, June 29, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 29, 1989, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Walker Cay, Bahamas
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 5 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32526
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89WA179
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32526/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89WA179

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14038](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14038-1991-05-15), registration cancelled 1991-05-15, S/N 274652 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Menke, Robert, doing business as Southern Rental & Leasing Corp
- Departed: MYAW
- Destination: FPR, FORT PIERCE, FL
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: MYAW

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