# NTSB GAA25WA228: Piper PA32, N68BT, Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, July 31, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: July 31, 2025, 10:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place: Marsh Harbor, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200713
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200713/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA228

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-32-260, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=7103206), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Ditching](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441); cases with it: [Piper PA-32-260, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md?model=7103206), [All aircraft, 186 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68BT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68BT-2026-09-14), registration cancelled 2026-09-14, S/N 32-7300030, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32 (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: 32-7300030
- Year built: 1973
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: KC Aviation LLC
- Registered owner: KC Aviation LLC
- Departed: MYAM, Marsh Harbour, OF
- Destination: KSUA, Stuart, FL
- Airport: MYAM

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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