# NTSB MIA97WA164: Piper PA-34-200T, N3566M, Cotton Bay, Bahamas, May 14, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 14, 1997, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Cotton Bay, Bahamas
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA97WA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38368/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97WA164

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3566M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3566M-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N 34-7870116, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larry Meredith
- Departed: MYCB, CAT ISLAND, OF
- Destination: MYNN, NASSAU, OF
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MYN

## Other investigations on N3566M (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW79DRD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD02), Oct 1, 1978: Piper PA-34 (N3566M), Westwego, LA, substantial damage

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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