ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 315054
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Date: | Friday 9 June 2023 |
Time: | c. 11:15 |
Type: | Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP |
Owner/operator: | Blue Eagle Air LLC |
Registration: | N9253M |
MSN: | 32R-8513010 |
Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ocean off Stella Maris-Estate Airstrip (SML/MYLS), Long Island -
Bahamas
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport (F45) |
Destination airport: | Stella Maris-Estate Airstrip (SML/MYLS) |
Investigating agency: | AAIA Bahamas |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:A Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP crashed into Ocean in the vicinity of Stella Maris Airport (SML/MYLS), Long Island.
The sole pilot onboard perished.
The aircraft departed the North Palm Beach County Airport (F45), West Palm Beach, FL, USA on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan at approximately 08:49 am EDT, and was enroute to the Stella Maris Airport (MYLS), Long Island, Bahamas, with a final destination of Rum Cay, Bahamas.
At approximately 11:20, Nassau Air Traffic Control received a notification from Miami Air Traffic Control Center indicating that radar contact was lost with N9253M. It was also relayed that prior to radar contact being lost, there was some difficulty with the aircraft maintaining its assigned altitude due to inclement weather.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AAIA Bahamas |
Report number: | OCC–2023/0023 |
Status: | Preliminary report |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Preliminary report |
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Sources:
https://www.stvincenttimes.com/police-in-the-bahamas-looking-into-reports-of-probable-plane-crash/ http://www.tribune242.com/news/2023/jun/09/breaking-news-aircraft-missing-en-route-long-islan/ https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/search-on-for-missing-aircraft/ FAA
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N9253M https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9253M https://scontent-ams4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/94135781_2775724985883708_1810153459123486720_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=cdbe9c&_nc_ohc=lrvt3N85-g4AX-WJe7P&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.xx&oh=00_AfCsZmQg0LEHsQyeBhgMIl9oqon_n5CLKfa0iSagspHXJQ&oe=64AEDF73 (photo)
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Jun-2023 17:44 |
RobertMB |
Updated |
12-Jan-2024 08:21 |
harro |
Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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