# NTSB GAA26WA049: Piper PA-28-160, N5005W, Lake Mavrovo, North Macedonia, December 12, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 12, 2025, 11:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Lake Mavrovo, North Macedonia · Lake Mavrovo, North Macedonia
- Coordinates: 41.683333, 20.75 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6833&lon=20.7500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Piper Aircraft, Lycoming Engines
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202153
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202153/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA049

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-160, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=7102806), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Ditching](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-160, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md?model=7102806), [All aircraft, 186 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5005W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5005W), registered now, S/N 28-6, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-160
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (registry code 7102806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-6
- Year built: 1961
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown

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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