# NTSB GAA25WA007: Cirrus Design SR22, N456AR, La Bretonnière la Claye, France, October 7, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 7, 2024, 07:03 local (07:03 UTC)
- Place: La Bretonnière la Claye, France
- Coordinates: 46.480559, -1.249316 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4806&lon=-1.2493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401)
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195275
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195275/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA007

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 392 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N456AR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N456AR-2025-07-15), registration cancelled 2025-07-15, S/N 1163, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (registry code 2130001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1163
- Year built: 2004
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Positioning, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee
- Equipment: Airframe parachute

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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