Piper PA-23 N5ML

27 November 1973 · G Bahama I, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 27 November 1973 at about 16:40 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5ML was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near G Bahama I, Other-Foreign Countries. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 November 1973 at 16:40
Classification: Accident
Location: G Bahama I, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Deep Water Cay
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N5ML
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: West End Gbi, Bahamas → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0054

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVTOF 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 6-0054, 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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