# NTSB GAA23WA065: Piper PA32R, Isla Martin Garcia, Argentina, January 15, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: January 15, 2023, 17:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Isla Martin Garcia, Argentina
- Coordinates: -34.181944, -58.246944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-34.1819&lon=-58.2469&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- 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): 106681
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106681/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA065

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: LV-HJQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R (301T)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- 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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