# NTSB CEN20WA441: Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR, N53018, Les Chariots, France, February 23, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 23, 2020, 13:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Les Chariots, France
- Coordinates: 45.436469, 3.288491
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4365&lon=3.2885&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103988
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA441
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103988/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA441

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=7830502), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N53018](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53018-2022-09-23), registration cancelled 2022-09-23, S/N 1164, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR
- Registry model: [Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (registry code 7830502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Kinner R5 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/kinner-r5-series) (registry code 37504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1164
- Year built: 1941
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, 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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