Piper PA-32 N3945W

31 March 1973 · G.harbor C, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 31 March 1973 at about 12:00 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3945W was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near G.harbor C, 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: 31 March 1973 at 12:00
Classification: Accident
Location: G.harbor C, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Great Harbor Cay
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N3945W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Eleuthera Is, Bahamas
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0024

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.

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 6-0024, 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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