# NTSB GAA23WA106: Cessna 172, Madrid, Spain, March 22, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 22, 2023, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Madrid, Spain
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 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): 106950
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106950/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA106

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-GVD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: In-Flight
- 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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