# NTSB GAA20WA132: Aviamilano Falco F8L, Sibari, Italy, August 26, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 26, 2020, 09:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place: Sibari, Italy
- Coordinates: 39.781665, 16.408056
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7817&lon=16.4081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101910
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA20WA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101910/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20WA132

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Initial climb: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: I-CAVL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AVIAMILANO FALCO F8L
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aero Club Vercelli
- Registered owner: Aero Club Vercelli
- Departed: Sibari
- Destination: Vercelli

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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