# NTSB GAA23WA068: Piper PA-23-250, N13984, George Town, Bahamas, January 6, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 6, 2023, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: George Town, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 23.554639, -75.863556
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=23.5546&lon=-75.8636&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- 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): 106703
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106703/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA068

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Fuel starvation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-23-250, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191/sequence.md?model=7102308), [All aircraft, 733 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/191/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13984](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13984), registered now, S/N 27-4602, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (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: 27-4602
- Year built: 1970
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: MYEF

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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