# NTSB MIA97WA220: Cessna 172K, N84653, Normans Cay, Bahamas, July 28, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 28, 1997, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Normans Cay, Bahamas
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA97WA220
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38373/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97WA220

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84653](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84653-1998-01-08), registration cancelled 1998-01-08, S/N 17258563 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172K
- Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gerad W. Hughes
- Departed: MYNN, NASSAU, OF
- Destination: MYEN
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MYN

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