# NTSB GAA24WA137: Piper PA28, Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 6, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 6, 2024, 17:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Guatemala City, Guatemala · N 14 35'11.4" W 09 031'50.0"
- Coordinates: 14.585167, -90.525
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.5852&lon=-90.5250&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Lycoming Engines, DGAC, Piper Aircraft
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194052
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194052/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA137

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: TG-MLB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28 (140)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Optimum Aviation
- Registered owner: Optimum Aviation
- Airport: MGGT, La Aurora International Airport

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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