# NTSB GAA23WA157: Piper PA46-500TP, N149C, Saint-Tropez, France, May 29, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 29, 2023, 10:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place: Saint-Tropez, France
- Coordinates: 43.209257, 6.49217 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2093&lon=6.4922&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- 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): 192258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192258/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA157

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA46-500TP, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=7104622), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Piper PA46-500TP, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=7104622), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N149C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N149C-2024-10-28), registration cancelled 2024-10-28, S/N 4697490, built 2012 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46-500TP
- Registry model: [Piper PA46-500TP](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (registry code 7104622) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (registry code 52268, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4697490
- Year built: 2012
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Airport: LFTZ
- Equipment: Unknown

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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