Piper PA-31 N9005Y

25 December 1971 · Anguilla, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 25 December 1971 at about 05:30 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N9005Y, operated by Valley Air SER, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Anguilla, Other-Foreign Countries. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 December 1971 at 05:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Anguilla, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Wallblake
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-31
Registration: N9005Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Valley Air SER
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → St Thomas, Vi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0053

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0053, from the public aviation accident database.

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