- Date
- October 30, 2020, 15:26 local (15:26 UTC)
- Place
- Toussus-le-Noble, France
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N517HCCessna 401B
- Defining event
- Approach: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses
- Case key
- 102439
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N517HC
- Reported as
- Cessna 401B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401B0048
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Flight test · Non-U.S., non-commercial
N517HCRegistration cancelled Mar 31, 2025 · Cessna 401BAirframe modelCessna 401BEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.