# NTSB GAA21WA163: Piper PA-32-260, N8694N, Leogane, Haiti, July 2, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 2, 2021, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Leogane, Haiti
- Coordinates: 18.48192, -72.467901 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4819&lon=-72.4679&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103419
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103419/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA163

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-32-260, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md?model=7103206), [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8694N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8694N), registered now, S/N 32-7200009, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (registry code 7103206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-7200009
- Year 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

## 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

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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