# NTSB GAA21WA137: Piper PA-30, N7977Y, Courcelles-sur-Viosnes, France, March 2, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: March 2, 2021, 15:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Courcelles-sur-Viosnes, France
- Coordinates: 46.0731, 1.98944
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0731&lon=1.9894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103237
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103237/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA137

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-30, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=7103002), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7977Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7977Y), registered now, S/N 30-1076, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30-1076
- Year built: 1966
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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