# NTSB GAA21WA240: Cessna 182, Samos Island, Greece, September 13, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 13, 2021, 17:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: Samos Island, Greece
- Coordinates: 37.680731, 26.925106 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6807&lon=26.9251&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern crosswind: 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): 103997
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103997/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA240

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern crosswind: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 4X-CHZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R182-00161
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: LLHA, Haifa, OF
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: LGSM, Samos Aristarchos International Airport, runway 9/27

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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