# NTSB GAA24WA258: Cessna 421C, N264DC, Tofino, Canada, July 18, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 18, 2024, 19:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Tofino, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- 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): 194936
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA258
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194936/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA258

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 421C, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=2076016), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N264DC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N264DC), registered now, S/N 421C1248, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Registry model: [Cessna 421C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (registry code 2076016) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (registry code 17039, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)

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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