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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Cat Cay Burkina Faso
Saturday, March 7, 1998 11:10 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On March 7, 1998, at about 1110 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-161, N2728M, registered to Florida Flight Training Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, went off the end of the runway at Cat Cay, Bahamas, and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane was not recovered and is presumed to be destroyed. The commercial pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The flight originated from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, about 40 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated he made a low pass over the runway to check for obstructions and remained in closed traffic for runway 31. He touched down on the approach end of the runway in a full stall. He applied brakes, and the brakes locked up. The brakes went to the floor, he pumped the brakes, and realized that he could not stop the airplane before colliding with a sea wall. He applied power, the airplane became airborne, the right main landing gear collided with the retaining wall and separated. The airplane continued forward and collided with the ocean.
Witnesses who observed the accident informed the Bahamian authorities, that the pilot made about three fly-low passes before landing. On the fourth approach, the airplane touched down on the runway with about a 20-knot tailwind at about 100 knots. The pilot attempted to stop the airplane with brakes with about 250 feet of runway remaining. The pilot attempted to clear a 2-foot sea wall at the north end of the runway. The front landing gear hit the sea wall and broke off, causing the airplane to careen belly first into the ocean.
The investigation is within the jurisdiction of the government of the Bahamas. This report is for informational purposes only and contains information collected for or released by the Bahamian government. For additional information contact:
The Director of Civil Aviation P.O. Box N-975 Nassau, N. P. Bahamas Telephone: (242) 377-7117
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/7/1998 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1110 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | CAT CAY |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | BURKINA FASO |
| Zipcode of the event site | 00000 |
| Event Date Year | 1998 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Unknown |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1100 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | MYN |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Not Reported |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 22000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 3000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 16 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 140 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 18 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 7000 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 9 1998 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1130 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 10:57AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N2728M |
| NTSB Number | MIA98WA098 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Unknown |
| Aircraft Explosion | Unknown |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Piper |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-161 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28-161 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 20423 STATE ROAD 7 #1020 |
| Operator City | BOCA ROTAN |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 33498 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | Unknown |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | FXE |
| Departure City | FORT LAUDERDALE |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | MYCC |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 3 2001 9:58AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |