# NTSB GAA19WA460: De Havilland DH82, N54556, Hythe, United Kingdom, July 21, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 21, 2019, 13:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Hythe, United Kingdom
- Coordinates: 51.06946, 1.076951 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=51.0695&lon=1.0770&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: 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
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99954
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19WA460
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99954/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19WA460

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Dehavilland/Oliver DH-82A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2801003), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54556](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54556-2021-08-26), registration cancelled 2021-08-26, S/N T-6392RO, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DE HAVILLAND DH82
- Registry model: [Dehavilland/Oliver DH-82A](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-oliver-dh-82a) (registry code 2801003) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: Hythe, Kent-UK
- Destination: Hythe, Kent-UK

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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