# NTSB DCA23WA416: Raytheon 390, N28JV, Elmina, Malaysia, August 17, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 17, 2023, 14:49 local (06:49 UTC)
- Place: Elmina, Malaysia
- Coordinates: 3.181083, 101.514861
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=3.1811&lon=101.5149&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 10 fatal; on the ground: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Williams, FAA, Textron - Beech
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192894
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA416
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192894/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA416

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Raytheon 390, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=7150030), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N28JV](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28JV), registered now, S/N RB-97, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 390
- Registry model: [Raytheon 390](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-390) (registry code 7150030) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Williams FJ44-2A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj44-2a) (registry code 66004, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: RB-97
- Year built: 2004
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Jet Valet
- Registered owner: Delaware Aircraft Trust LLC Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20230817021439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230817021439A), Aug 17, 2023: Raytheon Aircraft Company 390, Elmina Shah Ala, Destroyed, 10 fatal. On 17 August 2023, at about 1408 lt, a Hawker Beechcraft model 390, premier 1, call sign [privacy data omitted], operated by [privacy data omitted] departed…

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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