# NTSB GAA22WA109: Piper PA-25-235, Leongatha, Australia, February 22, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 23, 2022, 07:00 local (Feb 22, 2022, 20:00 UTC)
- Place: Leongatha, Australia
- Coordinates: -38.30977, 145.928621 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-38.3098&lon=145.9286&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 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): 104686
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104686/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA109

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: 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-SEH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 137

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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