# NTSB GAA24WA285: Piper PA-23-250, N555MH, Nassau, Bahamas, September 12, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: September 12, 2024, 18:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 25.048261, -77.596089
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0483&lon=-77.5961&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 4 minor
- 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): 195115
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA285
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195115/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA285

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-23-250, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=7102308), [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)
- [Approach: Ditching](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441); cases with it: [Piper PA-23-250, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md?model=7102308), [All aircraft, 186 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N555MH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555MH-2025-06-25), registration cancelled 2025-06-25, S/N 27-7304938, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-7304938
- Year built: 1973
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: MYNN

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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