# NTSB GAA26WA115: Piper PA-28-140, Abbots Bromley, United Kingdom, February 24, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 24, 2026, 12:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place: Abbots Bromley, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202500
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA115
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202500/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA115

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-BBBY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7325533
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: X3AB, Abbots Bromley (Yeatsall Farm)
- Equipment: ADS-B

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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