# NTSB GAA23WA146: Engineering & Research 415-C, N3254B, St. Mary, Jamaica, May 5, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 5, 2023, 09:30 local (09:30 UTC)
- Place: St. Mary, Jamaica · 4 km N of Highgate community
- Coordinates: 18.30998, -76.89251 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3100&lon=-76.8925&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: 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): 109777
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/109777/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA146

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Engineering & Research 415-C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=0420302), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3254B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3254B), registered now, S/N 1018, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENGINEERING & RESEARCH 415-C
- Registry model: [Engineering & Research 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-c) (registry code 0420302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1018
- Year built: 1946
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: MKTP
- Destination: MKBS

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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