ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249856
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| Date: | Friday 16 April 2021 |
| Time: | 21:55 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Goyo Air LLC |
| Registration: | N827RD |
| MSN: | 31-7652094 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near South Bimini Airport (BIM/MYBS), South Bimini -
 Bahamas
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | South Bimini Airport (BIM/MYBS), Bahamas |
| Miami Executive Airport, FL (TMB/KTMB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIA Bahamas |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft impacted shallow water shortly after takeoff from South Bimini Airport (BIM/MYBS), South Bimini, Bahamas.
The airplane sustained substantial damage. The two occupants were father and son. The father was seriously injured and the son was fatally injured.
The aircraft was registered to the new operator on March 30th, 2021.
The AAIA has classified the accident as a loss of control inflight (LOC-I) resulting in an uncontrolled
flight into terrain. The probable cause of this accident has been undetermined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/son-killed-father-hospitalized-after-opa-locka-bound-plane-crashes-after-takeoff-from-bimini/
https://thenassauguardian.com/man-killed-in-plane-crash-near-bimini/
http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/apr/17/one-dead-one-injured-after-aircraft-crashes-south-/?news
https://bahamaspress.com/father-and-son-died-in-a-plane-crash-near-south-bimini-last-evening/
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ab4c57&lat=25.676&lon=-79.283&zoom=12.3&showTrace=2021-04-17&leg=2
Media:
Official Report from South Bimini Plane Crash pic.twitter.com/dCLdBh6saH
— OURnews Bahamas (@OurNewsRev) April 17, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2021 12:17 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Apr-2021 13:41 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2021 14:13 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2021 19:30 | RobertMB | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2021 06:14 | aaronwk | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2021 07:22 | RobertMB | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2021 10:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 18-Apr-2021 11:29 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2021 13:21 | Captain Adam | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2021 15:30 | aaronwk | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2023 17:02 | harro | Updated [[Embed code, Narrative]] |
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