# NTSB DCA22WA145: Believer CASA-16XFFM, Thorpdale, Australia, June 29, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 29, 2022
- Place: Thorpdale, Australia
- Coordinates: -38.100447, 146.086077
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-38.1004&lon=146.0861&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Other: Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105426
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA22WA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105426/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA145

## Sequence of events

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

- [Other: Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 182 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Believer CASA-16XFFM
- Category: Airplane, unmanned
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 107
- Airworthiness certificate: 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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