# NTSB GAA23WA042: Piper PA 46-350P, N5EQ, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Canada, December 14, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 14, 2022, 14:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place: Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Canada
- Coordinates: 53.279703, -60.505003
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.2797&lon=-60.5050&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR final approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- 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): 106459
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106459/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA042

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-IFR final approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA 46-350P, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=7104620), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Piper PA 46-350P, 40 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=7104620), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5EQ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5EQ-2023-07-08), registration cancelled 2023-07-08, S/N 4636051, built 1996 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Registry model: [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (registry code 7104620) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4636051
- Year built: 1996
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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