- Date
- June 30, 1974
- Place
- Bimini, Burkina Faso · BIMINI, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N203XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740630019169A
- Case key
- 173390
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0039 74/6/30 BIMINI,BAHAMAS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 290 TIME - 0900 N203X PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIMINI,BAHAMAS NAPLES,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PWR LOSS AFTER TKOF,UN RETURN TO ARPT,DITCHED 50FT OFF SHORE.INVEST JURISDICTION BAHAMIAN GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N203X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.