# NTSB GAA23WA043: Piper PA25, Ponta Grossa, Brazil, December 5, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: December 5, 2022, 17:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Ponta Grossa, Brazil
- Coordinates: -25.187397, -50.145732 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-25.1874&lon=-50.1457&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106471
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106471/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA043

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-WBH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25 (235)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-7656040
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aeroclube De Ponta Grossa
- Registered owner: Aeroclube De Ponta Grossa
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Airport: SBPG, Antônio Amilton Beraldo Aerodrome
- 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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