# NTSB GAA22WA047: Mooney M20B, N74521, La Aurora, Guatemala, December 8, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 8, 2021, 16:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place: La Aurora, Guatemala
- Coordinates: 14.584591, -90.526594
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.5846&lon=-90.5266&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- 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): 104403
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104403/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA047

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Mooney M20B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=5870206), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N74521](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74521-2022-07-02), registration cancelled 2022-07-02, S/N 1908 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Registry model: [Mooney M20B](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (registry code 5870206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1908
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: 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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