# NTSB DCA16WA240: Cessna 401, Antalaha, Madagascar, August 16, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 16, 2016, 10:50 local (10:50 UTC)
- Place: Antalaha, Madagascar
- Coordinates: -14.998888, 50.320277
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-14.9989&lon=50.3203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94290
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94290/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA240

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5R-MEK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., 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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