# NTSB GAA24WA034: Cessna 421C, Sunshine Coast, Australia, November 10, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 10, 2023
- Place: Sunshine Coast, Australia
- Coordinates: -26.60139, 153.834872
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-26.6014&lon=153.8349&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 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): 193386
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193386/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA034

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-VPY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421C0688
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: YBSU, Sunshine Coast Aerodrome
- Destination: Lord Howe Island

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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