# NTSB GAA24WA281: Cessna 172, Soest, Germany, September 7, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 7, 2024, 14:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Soest, Germany
- Coordinates: 51.5714, 8.1105 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=51.5714&lon=8.1105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: BFU Germany
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195080
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA281
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195080/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA281

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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: D-ECHF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: EDLZ

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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