# NTSB GAA24WA160: Rans S6, Newtownards, United Kingdom, February 26, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 26, 2024, 14:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place: Newtownards, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- 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): 194196
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194196/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA160

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-BZKO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RANS S6 (ES)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 129

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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