# NTSB GAA22WA306: Piper PA32, N1215H, Nassau, Bahamas, January 31, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 31, 2022, 15:13 local (15:13 UTC)
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas · 9 miles west Lynden Pindling Airport Bahamas
- Coordinates: 25.059073, -77.617613 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0591&lon=-77.6176&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- 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): 106220
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA306
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106220/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA306

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-32-300, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md?model=7103212), [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1215H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1215H-2022-08-18), registration cancelled 2022-08-18, S/N 32-7740032 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: MYNN, Lynden Pindling Int'l Airport, Nassau, Bahamas

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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