# NTSB GAA24WA049: Piper PA-32-260, N15902, Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe, December 4, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 4, 2023, 08:59 local (12:59 UTC)
- Place: Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe
- Coordinates: 15.861584, -61.563176 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=15.8616&lon=-61.5632&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: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Piper Aircraft, BEA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193471
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193471/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA049

## 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: [Piper PA-32-260, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=7103206), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N15902](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15902-2024-12-04), registration cancelled 2024-12-04, S/N 32-7300019, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (registry code 7103206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-7300019
- Year built: 1972
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Departed: TFFS, Terre-de-Haut, OF
- Destination: TFFM, Grand-Bourg, OF

## 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

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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