# NTSB GAA21WA040: Piper PA-28-161, N2932Y, Acklin, Bahamas, March 5, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 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
- Coordinates: 22.10278, -74.44722 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=22.1028&lon=-74.4472&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102719
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102719/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA040

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-161, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=7102803), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2932Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2932Y-2022-03-05), registration cancelled 2022-03-05, S/N 28-7916548 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161 (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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

## 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

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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