# NTSB GAA26WA201: Piper PA28, Aguadulce District, Panama, May 27, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 27, 2026, 21:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Aguadulce District, Panama · 08 13.6N
080 34,7W
- Coordinates: 8.226667, -80.578333
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=8.2267&lon=-80.5783&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: 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: Civil Aviation Authority of Panama
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203066
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203066/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA201

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## 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-1861FX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7625197
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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