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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-32-260 · Leogane, Haiti · July 2, 2021

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
July 2, 2021, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
Place
Leogane, Haiti
Injuries
6 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N8694NPiper PA-32-260
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
Weather
Visual (VMC)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
103419

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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
N8694N
Reported as
Piper PA-32-260
Category
Airplane
Serial number
32-7200009
Built
1971
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Registered owner
Citadelle Holdings
Departed
MTPP · Port-au-Prince, OF
Destination
MTJA · Jacmel, OF
Airport
MTJA

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
Visual (VMC)
Wind
110° at 16 knots
Visibility
5.59 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
91 °F, dew point 66 °F
Altimeter
29.92 inHg
Observed at
MTPP, 12 nm away
METAR
MTPP 022253Z 11016KT 9000 FEW026 33/19 Q1013 A2992