# NTSB ERA15WA195: Piper PA-32-300, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, April 20, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 20, 2015, 11:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place: Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Coordinates: 18.567222, -68.363334 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.5672&lon=-68.3633&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91060
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA15WA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91060/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15WA195

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HI 957 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-1171
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MDPC, Punta Cana
- Destination: MDAB, Punta Cana

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

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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