# NTSB GAA23WA240: Piper PA-31-350, N122AW, North Eleuthera, Bahamas, August 19, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: August 19, 2023, 10:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place: North Eleuthera, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-into takeoff position: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320)
- 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): 192902
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192902/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA240

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi-into takeoff position: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-31-350, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320/sequence.md?model=7103110), [All aircraft, 104 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N122AW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N122AW), registered now, S/N 31-7652135, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (registry code 7103110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-7652135
- Year built: 1976
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Aztec Worldwide Airlines Inc
- Registered owner: Aztec Worldwide Airlines Inc
- Airport: MYEH

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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