# NTSB GAA26WA021: Piper PA32RT, Contamana, Peru, November 6, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 6, 2025, 20:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Contamana, Peru
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201972/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA021

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: OB-1902 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT (300)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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