# NTSB GAA23WA120: Piper PA28, Prosperpine, Australia, April 2, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 2, 2023, 18:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Prosperpine, Australia
- Coordinates: -20.695, 148.375
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-20.6950&lon=148.3750&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Other: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- 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): 107021
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/107021/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA120

## Sequence of events

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

- [Other: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-PXR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28 (180)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-4476
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: 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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