# NTSB UNK64X0503: Piper PA-23, N2157P, Freeport, Burkina Faso, February 8, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 8, 1964
- Place: Freeport, Burkina Faso · FREEPORT, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 16, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0503
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0503

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0976   64/2/8    FREEPORT BAHAMAS    PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 9622
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N2157P              PX-  3  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 406 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT DAMAGE / INJURY INDEX PRESUMED-ENROUTE FROM FREEPORT,GRAND BAHAMA TO WEST PALM BEACH FLA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2157P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2157P-1998-04-07), registration cancelled 1998-04-07, S/N 447995234 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-44-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (registry code 7104402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## Other investigations on N2157P (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 LAX97FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA027), Oct 28, 1996: Piper PA-44-180 (N2157P), Indio Hills, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's spatial disorientation which led to a loss of aircraft control, and exceeding the aircraft's structural design limits after the aircraft had entered a descending spiral. The pilot's lack…

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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