# NTSB GAA23WA184: American Champion 8KCAB, Charata, Argentina, June 30, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: June 30, 2023, 14:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Charata, Argentina
- Coordinates: -27.267222, -61.198611
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-27.2672&lon=-61.1986&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192498/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA184

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: LV-HWE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 506-79
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.