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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28-161 · Acklin, Bahamas · March 5, 2021

Accident · FatalClass 4 · Foreign
Date
March 5, 2021, 14:06 local (14:06 UTC)
Place
Acklin, Bahamas · The last known location was about 79nm and 327 degrees from the intended destination. The airplane was at 5,400 ft msl Mode C squawking 1154
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N2932YPiper PA-28-161
Defining event
Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
Weather
Day
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
102719

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N2932Y
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161 (NO SERIES)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
28-7916548
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
Departed
MYNN · Nassau
Destination
MYIG · Great Inagua
Flight plan
VFR
Equipment
Stall warning system

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Day
Wind
150° at 7 knots
Visibility
6 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
82 °F, dew point 68 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Turbulence
Unknown
Observed at
MBPV, 122 nm away