# NTSB CEN19WA043: Cessna 177, Spain, Spain, December 7, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 7, 2018, 16:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Spain, Spain
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98763
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98763/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA043

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Spain has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a CESSNA 177 airplane that occurred on December 07, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Spain's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Spain.

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-ECGS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: LECD, La Cerdana Aero
- Destination: LELL, Sabadell Airpor
- Airport: LECD, Sabadell Airport, Spain
- 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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