# NTSB DCA14WA151: Piper PA46, Kimberley, South Africa, April 22, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 22, 2014, 10:40 local (10:40 UTC)
- Place: Kimberley, South Africa
- Coordinates: -29.436666, 23.129999
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-29.4367&lon=23.1300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89930
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA14WA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89930/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14WA151

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 290 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-LLD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

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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