# NTSB MIA97WA186: Cessna 501, N1AT, Berry Island, Bahamas, June 11, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 11, 1997, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Berry Island, Bahamas
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 8 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38370
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA97WA186
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38370/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97WA186

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1AT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 501
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Betaco, Inc.
- Departed: FLL, FT. LAUDERDLALE, FL
- Destination: MYBC
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MYG

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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