- Date
- January 3, 2022, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chame, Panama · Ditched in water
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5535JPiper PA-32-260
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 104488
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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
- N5535J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-998
- Built
- 1967
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- MPRA · Contadora Island
- Destination
- MP24 · Chame
- Equipment
- Unknown
N5535JRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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.