# NTSB GAA23WA069: Piper PA-23-250, N5982Y, Nassau, Bahamas, February 8, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 8, 2023, 17:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 25.044573, -77.464683 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0446&lon=-77.4647&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 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): 106708
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106708/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA069

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-23-250, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md?model=7102308), [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)
- [Enroute: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338); cases with it: [Piper PA-23-250, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md?model=7102308), [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5982Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5982Y), registered now, S/N 27-3155, built 1966 (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: 27-3155
- Year built: 1966
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: MYNN

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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