# NTSB GAA23WA142: Piper 28, Jandakot, Australia, April 20, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 20, 2023, 17:15 local (09:15 UTC)
- Place: Jandakot, Australia · Ocean
- Coordinates: -32.018938, 115.750812 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-32.0189&lon=115.7508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- 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): 109769
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/109769/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA142

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-FEY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 28 (181)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7690006
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Departed: YGEL, Geraldton Aerodrome, OF
- Destination: YPJT, Jandakot Aerodrome, OF

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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