# NTSB DFW08WA240: Cessna 501, N223LC, Las Americas, Dominican Republic, August 19, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 18, 2008, 20:20 local (Aug 19, 2008, 00:20 UTC)
- Place: Las Americas, Dominican Republic
- Coordinates: 18.429204, -69.675379
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4292&lon=-69.6754&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69255
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW08WA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69255/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08WA240

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 501, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=2076603), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N223LC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N223LC-2018-01-12), registration cancelled 2018-01-12, S/N 501-0055 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- Registry model: [Cessna 501](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-501) (registry code 2076603) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 501-0055
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Corus Hardware Corp
- Registered owner: Corus Hardware Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MDSD, Las Americas
- Destination: PR
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: MDSD, Las Americas

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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