# NTSB UNK70X0104: Piper PA-23, N4408P, Inagua, Burkina Faso, November 27, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 27, 1969
- Place: Inagua, Burkina Faso · INAGUA, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 2, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147274
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK70X0104
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK70X0104

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0054  69/11/27   INAGUA,BAHAMAS      PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 45,
        TIME - 2030                    N4408P              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT INAGUA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
           HOMESTEAD,FLA              KINGSTON,JAMAICA             INAGUA,BAHAMAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-12/1/69.INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURSIDICTION OF GOVT OF THE BAHAMAS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4408P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4408P-2012-06-27), registration cancelled 2012-06-27, S/N 23-1920, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (registry code 7102304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Great Inagua

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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