# NTSB ENG21WA047: Tecnam P2008, Vardi, India, July 16, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 16, 2021, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Vardi, India · Crash site is located in Satpura Jungle Range near Village Vardi, Taluka Chopada
- Coordinates: 21.294, 75.4134
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.2940&lon=75.4134&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: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104391
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG21WA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104391/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG21WA047

## 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-BRP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TECNAM P2008 (JC)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: NMIMS Academy of Aviation
- Departed: Shirpur Airport
- Destination: Shirpur Airport
- Airport: Shirpur

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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