# NTSB DCA17WA032: Cessna 172, Brits, North West Province, South Africa, October 7, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 7, 2016, 13:41 local (13:41 UTC)
- Place: Brits, North West Province, South Africa
- Coordinates: -25.546388, 27.928888 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-25.5464&lon=27.9289&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94468
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA17WA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94468/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA032

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving ZS-MPF, a Cessna 172M airplane that occurred on October 07, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the SACAA's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane/engine.All investigative information will be released by the SACAA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-MPF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- 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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