Piper PA-23 N2226P

16 November 1971 · Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries · Minor injuries

Summary

On 16 November 1971 at about 13:15 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N2226P, operated by LEE Spickard C, was involved in an accident during in flight near Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries. 4 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 November 1971 at 13:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Nassau Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N2226P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: LEE Spickard C
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: West End, Bahamas → Georgetown, Bahamas
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0030

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	2	2

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

LOST L ENG.CRASHED SHORT OF RWY.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 6-0030, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Aug 1971	Piper PA-23 N1358P	Hillsboro, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 May 1971	Piper PA-23 N6019Y	Augusta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	TAS Flight SER	Minor injuries	-
20 Mar 1971	Piper PA-23 N1318P	Upperville, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
30 Jun 1971	Piper PA-23 N4302Y	Elk Grove, California, United States no coordinates	Thomas Aircraf	No injuries	-
13 Aug 1971	Piper PA-23 N6848Y	West Milbury, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
26 Apr 1971	Piper PA-23 N1276P	Tularosa, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 1,716 records for this type

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24 Aug 1971	Douglas DC-9 N967PR	Barbados, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
23 Jan 1971	Bell 47G N184B	Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 Feb 1971	Cessna 182B N2724G	Staniel Cay, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
12 Mar 1971	Beechcraft C-45H N9453Z	T Cay, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Butler Bros LU	No injuries	-
5 Apr 1971	Douglas DC-3A N57372	East End, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	West Indies AI	Serious injuries	-
28 May 1971	Piper PA-23 N4755P	Cat Islnd, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	Fatal	6

All 247 records in Other-Foreign Countries