Piper PA-23 N5218Y

11 June 1973 · Staniel Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 11 June 1973 at about 16:35 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5218Y was involved in an accident during in flight near Staniel Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 June 1973 at 16:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Staniel Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Nearest airport: Staniel Cay
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N5218Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Nassau, Bahamas → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0027

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

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT.

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 6-0027, 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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All 1,716 records for this type

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6 Jan 1973	Aero Comdr S-2R N8953Q	Atlantic O.north, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Euramericair, I	Fatal	1
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6 May 1973	Lockheed L18 N620S	Chub Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Karol Investme	Fatal	2
18 Jun 1973	Cessna 172 N5366R	Hope Bay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	-
27 Aug 1973	Boeing 707 N18703	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Sep 1973	Boeing 747 N9676	N.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.