# NTSB GAA22WA067: Piper PA-32-260, N5535J, Chame, Panama, January 3, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 3, 2022, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Chame, Panama · Ditched in water
- Coordinates: 8.541041, -79.86168 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=8.5410&lon=-79.8617&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 3 uninjured
- 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): 104488
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104488/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA067

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-32-260, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=7103206), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Ditching](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441); cases with it: [Piper PA-32-260, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md?model=7103206), [All aircraft, 186 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5535J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5535J), registered now, S/N 32-998, built 1967 (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: 32-998
- Year built: 1967
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: MPRA, Contadora Island
- Destination: MP24, Chame
- Equipment: Unknown

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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