# NTSB GAA19WA391: Piper PA23, N3294P, Mulakot, Iceland, June 9, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 9, 2019, 20:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place: Mulakot, Iceland
- Coordinates: 63.712845, -19.852204
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.7128&lon=-19.8522&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99782
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19WA391
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99782/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19WA391

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-23, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=7102302), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Approach: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Piper PA-23, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=7102302), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3294P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3294P-2019-10-28), registration cancelled 2019-10-28, S/N 23-1244, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (registry code 7102302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 23-1244
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Egir ib Wessman
- Registered owner: Landsteinar International Inc
- Departed: BIDV, Djupivogur
- Destination: BIMK, Mulakot

## Other investigations on N3294P (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA71FKT10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71FKT10), Oct 9, 1970: Piper PA-23 (N3294P), Hollywood Bch, FL, substantial damage

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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