# NTSB GAA23WA170: Cessna 210L, Groote Eylandt, Australia, June 16, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 16, 2023, 13:51 local (04:21 UTC)
- Place: Groote Eylandt, Australia
- Coordinates: -13.9703, 136.4434
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-13.9703&lon=136.4434&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious, 3 minor
- 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): 192413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192413/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA170

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-FTM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061159
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airport: YGTE, Groote Eylandt Airport

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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