Piper PA-30 N7009Y

28 July 1971 · T.cay, Other-Foreign Countries · Fatal

Summary

On 28 July 1971 at about 11:25 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7009Y, operated by Bahamas Air TA, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near T.cay, Other-Foreign Countries. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 28 July 1971 at 11:25
Classification: Accident
Location: T.cay, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Treasure Cay
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-30
Registration: N7009Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Bahamas Air TA
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Spanish Cay, Bahamas
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0031

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BOTH ENGS QUIT. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT 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 6-0031, 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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