# NTSB GAA26WA145: Beech B100, N980VC, Panama City, Panama, March 31, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 31, 2026, 07:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: Panama City, Panama
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202738
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202738/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA145

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B100, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=1152919), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N980VC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980VC), registered now, S/N BE19, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B100
- Registry model: [Beech B100](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b100) (registry code 1152919) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Alliedsign TPE331-10AV](https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-tpe331-10av) (registry code 02577, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)

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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