# NTSB GAA26WA092: Piper PA31, N45SR, Las Cayes, Haiti, February 3, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 3, 2026
- Place: Las Cayes, Haiti
- Coordinates: 18.244883, -73.826285
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2449&lon=-73.8263&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 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): 202390
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202390/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA092

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-31-350, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=7103110), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N45SR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45SR-2026-08-12), registration cancelled 2026-08-12, S/N 31-7852141, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31 (350)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (registry code 7103110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Island Birds
- Registered owner: International Air Services Inc Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MTPP, Port-au-Prince, OF
- Destination: MTCA, Les Cayes, OF
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot

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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