# NTSB MIA97WA111: Piper PA-23-250, N5175Y, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, April 1, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 1, 1997, 11:48 local (15:48 UTC)
- Place: Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38364
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA97WA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38364/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97WA111

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5175Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5175Y-1997-10-22), registration cancelled 1997-10-22, S/N 272218 (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: Part 135
- Operator: Virgin Air, Inc., doing business as Air St. Thomas
- Departed: STT, ST THOMAS
- Destination: VIJ
- Flight plan: Company VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKP

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19970401025909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970401025909A), Apr 1, 1997: Piper PA23250, Virgin Gorda, VI, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot overshot the runway during landing. Unable to stop the aircraft before reaching the water at the end of the runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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