# NTSB GAA25WA089: Piper PA25, Santa Cruz, Honduras, February 7, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 7, 2025, 14:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Santa Cruz, Honduras · 13.256139°  -87.325361°
- Coordinates: 13.256139, -87.325361
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.2561&lon=-87.3254&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 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, CIAIA Honduras
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199679
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199679/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA089

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 780 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HR-AFM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25 (235)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 25 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Observed at: MHCH, 9 nm away
- METAR: MHCH 071400Z 36025KT 9999 FEW030 28/21

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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