# NTSB GAA21WA089: Vans RV7A, Columbia, Australia, April 22, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 23, 2021, 09:52 local (Apr 22, 2021, 23:52 UTC)
- Place: Columbia, Australia
- Coordinates: -21.5358, 146.0658 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-21.5358&lon=146.0658&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 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): 102980
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102980/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA089

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-XWI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VANS RV7A
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Departed: Winton QLD
- Destination: Bowen QLD

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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