# NTSB GAA24WA302: Bell 206, València, Spain, September 29, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 29, 2024, 07:50 local (07:50 UTC)
- Place: València, Spain
- Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Other: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- 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
- Parties: CIAIAC
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195249
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA302
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195249/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA302

## Sequence of events

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

- [Other: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-EXE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (B)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 1073
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial observation, 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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