Piper PA-46-310P accident near Bird Cay, BF
On April 10, 2007, a Piper PA-46-310P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bird Cay, BF. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 10, 2007
- Place
- Bird Cay, BF
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-46-310P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 25.363°N, 77.626°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070418X00431
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 10, 2007, about 1703 Atlantic standard time, a Piper PA-46-310P, N444JH, registered to Happy Skies, Inc., was lost from radar and presumed to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, near Bird Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas. Daylight instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 business flight from Nassau International Airport (MYNN), Nassau, Bahamas, to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The airplane has not been located and is presumed to be destroyed. The certificated commercial pilot and pilot-rated passenger were not recovered and are presumed to be fatally injured. The flight originated from MYNN about 1650. On the day of the accident at 1528, the Nassau terminal radar approach control (TRACON) airport surveillance radar (ASR) primary radar became inoperative. With this type of radar outage, the Nassau radar controller could not receive any information regarding precipitation in the area. After takeoff, the pilot established contact with Nassau TRACON, and advised the Nassau radar departure controller that the aircraft was climbing through 600 feet mean sea level (msl) flying runway heading. About 6 seconds later, the controller advised the pilot that the airplane was radar identified, instructed him to climb and maintain 12,000 feet msl, and to fly a heading of 050 degrees; the pilot acknowledged the instructions. At 1653:45, the controller instructed the pilot to climb a
Probable cause
The pilot's poor in-flight weather evaluation, which resulted in flight into a level 6 thunderstorm.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
