# NTSB GAA23WA127: Piper PA-23-250, N6630A, San José Pinula, Guatemala, April 19, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 19, 2023, 21:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place: San José Pinula, Guatemala
- Coordinates: 14.539279, -90.418625 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.5393&lon=-90.4186&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 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): 107101
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/107101/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA127

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-23-250, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=7102308), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6630A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6630A), registered now, S/N 27-7954027, built 1978 (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 IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-7954027
- Year built: 1978
- Damage: No damage
- 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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