# NTSB GAA24WA270: Piper PA18, Defford, United Kingdom, August 27, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: August 27, 2024, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Defford, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 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): 195004
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA270
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195004/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA270

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-CUBX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- 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.

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