# NTSB GAA21WA238: Piper PA31, Doncaster, United Kingdom, July 23, 2021

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 23, 2021, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Doncaster, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- 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): 103987
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA238
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103987/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA238

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-UKCS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-7400984
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Registered owner: 2 Excel Aviation Limited

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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