Piper PA-23 N4755P

28 May 1971 · Cat Islnd, Other-Foreign Countries · Fatal

Summary

On 28 May 1971 at about 17:10 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N4755P was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Cat Islnd, Other-Foreign Countries. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 May 1971 at 17:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Cat Islnd, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Bight Airstrip
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N4755P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Arthurs Town, Bahamas → The Bight, Bahamas
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0010

People

6 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	6	0	0	0

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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INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BAHAMAS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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 6-0010, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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15 Aug 1971	Piper PA-23 N1358P	Hillsboro, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
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30 Jun 1971	Piper PA-23 N4302Y	Elk Grove, California, United States no coordinates	Thomas Aircraf	No injuries	-
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