# NTSB GAA23WA131: Cirrus SR22, Bankstown, Australia, April 17, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 17, 2023
- Place: Bankstown, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- 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): 107118
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/107118/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA131

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-XGR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: YSBK

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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