- Date
- December 12, 2025, 11:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Mavrovo, North Macedonia · Lake Mavrovo, North Macedonia
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5005WPiper PA-28-160
- Defining event
- Unknown: Loss of engine power (total)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Piper Aircraft, Lycoming Engines
- Case key
- 202153
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5005W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-6
- Built
- 1961
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Equipment
- Unknown
N5005WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown