ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229690
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 October 2019 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | SJ Holding LLC |
| Registration: | N38677 |
| MSN: | 32-7840024 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Pitts Town Point Airport (PWN/MYCP), Pitts Town Point -
 Bahamas
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Deadman's Cay Airport (LGI/MYLD) |
| Pitts Town Point Airport (PWN/MYCP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIA Bahamas |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Piper Cherokee Six aircraft, United States registration N38677 was involved in an occurrence at the Pitts Town Airport (MYCP), Crooked Island, Bahamas.
The aircraft departed the Deadman’s Cay Airport (MYLD), Long Island, Bahamas with five persons on board.
Upon approach to landing on runway 09 at MYCP, the pilot reported that he encountered adverse winds. As a result of these strong winds the aircraft made contact with a sand bank located at the beginning of the runway eventually hitting the runway in a hard landing which resulted in the left main gear collapsing and subsequent runway excursion.
The weather conditions at the time of the accident was reported as visual meteorological conditions, however, the adverse windy condition has been determined to be a contributing factor in this accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://jonesbahamas.com/four-survive-crooked-island-plane-crash/
http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/police-reports/RBPF_Police_are_investigating_a_plane_crash_at_Pitts_Town_Airport_Crooked_Island63389.shtml
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N38677
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Piper-PA-32-300-Cherokee-Six/1443315
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2019 17:10 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Nov-2020 09:16 | harro | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Nature, Narrative, Accident report] |
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