# NTSB GAA26WA189: Beech 300, Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, May 12, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: May 12, 2026
- Place: Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas · 50 NM NW of Vero Beach, Florida
- Coordinates: 27.932667, -79.514833
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9327&lon=-79.5148&mi=10
- 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: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor, 8 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202989/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA189

## 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: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HP-1859 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 300
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: MYAM, Marsh Harbor, OF
- Destination: MYFG, Freeport, OF
- Equipment: 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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