# NTSB ENG23WA020: ATR ATR72, Fa'a'a, French Polynesia, February 12, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 12, 2023, 22:34 local (22:34 UTC)
- Place: Fa'a'a, French Polynesia · Climb out of PPT
- Coordinates: -17.557765, -149.61197
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-17.5578&lon=-149.6120&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: 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: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: SAFRAN Power Systems, BEA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106763
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106763/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA020

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-HGNU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ATR ATR72 (212A)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1288
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Regourd Aviation (Amelia)
- Registered owner: Regourd Aviation (Amelia)
- Airport: NTAA, Tahiti Faa'a, Archipel De La Societe

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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