# NTSB CEN19WA208: Piper PA-24-250, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, July 5, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 5, 2019
- Place: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA208
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99772/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA208

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Guatemala has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a PIPER PA-24-250 airplane that occurred on July 05, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Guatemala's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Guatemala.

## Aircraft

- Registration: TG-DAN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-2812
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Coatepuque
- Destination: La Aurora
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; private

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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