# NTSB GAA23WA165: Piper PA-32R-301, N9253M, Stella Maris, Bahamas, June 9, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: June 9, 2023, 15:03 local (15:03 UTC)
- Place: Stella Maris, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 23.994333, -75.919917
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=23.9943&lon=-75.9199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192365
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192365/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA165

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-32R-301, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390/sequence.md?model=7103218), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390/sequence.md)
- [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [Piper PA-32R-301, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=7103218), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9253M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9253M), registered now, S/N 32R-8513010, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32R-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (registry code 7103218) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R-8513010
- Year built: 1985
- 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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