- Date
- December 4, 2023, 08:59 local (12:59 UTC)
- Place
- Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N15902Piper PA-32-260
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Piper Aircraft, BEA
- Case key
- 193471
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15902
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7300019
- Built
- 1972
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Departed
- TFFS · Terre-de-Haut, OF
- Destination
- TFFM · Grand-Bourg, OF
N15902Registration cancelled Dec 4, 2024 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Observed at
- TFFR, 24 nm away
- METAR
- TFFR 041300Z AUTO 11012KT 9999 FEW029 SCT034 28/24 Q1017 TEMPO 10015G25KT 4000 SHRA SCT018TCU