# NTSB GAA20WA135: Piper PA32, Fort-de-France, Martinique, February 16, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 16, 2020, 13:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place: Fort-de-France, Martinique
- Coordinates: 14.587332, -61.0265 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.5873&lon=-61.0265&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101982
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA20WA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101982/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20WA135

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 733 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-OKGO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32 (300)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-7940217
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Skydiving, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Air Colibri
- Registered owner: Air Colibri
- Departed: Martinique
- Destination: Martinique

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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