John, you are obviously not a pilot. I am, with over thirty yeatrs of flying experienced. Other than the fact that hackers have been operating with tacit approval of authorities through promises of free rides, slipping some money to those who might report or having some close knit ties with politicians, political party higher ups. We have been trying to halt this ever since I started flying.
There are many factors that come into play as possible scenarios for this mishap - one being that in the U,S for single engined aircraft (the only licence that he held) rarely teach stall/spin recovery, which is essential. He only had a single engine licence, Another is that on the Piper Aztec should one engine go out the pilot must be able to feather that side and adjust to flying with a single engine. However, flying on a single engine after losing one on this type of aircraft will not keep a full or overloaded machine in the air. There are trade offs in the design and the pilot must know these limitations and plan accordingly. There are many other factors that might affect the scenario, but these are two most glaring possible factors, and I am sure that thorough and proper investigation will add others into the equation.

John - I am Bahamian! My family has been in the Bahamas with the early settlers, Eleutherian Adventurers. I dare say more Bahamian than you!

A lot of 'maybe' and guesswork should be cleared up hopefully upon a thorough investigation and truthful publicising of the report.. These aircraft are safe in weather like today, and always will be once regular and proper maintenance is performed and all new F.A.R.s are heeded and acted upon. A flight plan can and should be opened upon take off if a plan is not previously made by telephone.
There are too many unregulated hackers operating openly - they are illegal, but have continued to get away with it and been allowed to for so long that they flout the law daily - as did those who squatted at Arawak Cay/Ft. Charlotte (now the dirty old fish fry) and the numbers and gaming houses until the government caved in and allowed them to exist without bothering to round them up and prosecute them, I am not saying that the pilot was a hacker or that the aircraft he was flying was used for that purpose - but it would not be at all surprising if that were so.

I still say that should illegal immigrants use our money and health facilities to have their babies it costs us the tax payers. Lets spend a slight bit more and enact mandatory neutering at the time of the birth of their child - for both male and female parent so that the cycle stops there.

What a load of rubbish!

So sad. My thoughts and condolences to the family.

The captain who has been in charge with illegal trips bringing illegalmigrants to our shores should NOT be sent back to Haiti, but put in the hole (solitary confinement ) for a twenty year stretch. The vinegar of human kindness now runs through my veins and it feels so sweet!

If illegals have children here at our expense, we should go a step further and give them a mandatory spay and neuter at our expense also. It would be cheaper and more cost effective in the long run!

That is NOT the type of drone suitable for surveillance! Come on now- you must know better!