# NTSB GAA22WA197: Piper PA31, N711JW, Deadman's Cay, Bahamas, June 5, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: June 5, 2022, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Deadman's Cay, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 23.178866, -75.08487 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=23.1789&lon=-75.0849&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 serious, 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105206
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA197
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105206/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA197

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-31-310, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=7103102), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N711JW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711JW), registered now, S/N 31-7712084 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31-310](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (registry code 7103102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-7712084
- Year built: 1977
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- 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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