# NTSB GAA25WA016: Cessna 340A, N38CM, Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, France, October 27, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: October 27, 2024
- Place: Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, France
- Coordinates: 47.886667, 2.127222 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8867&lon=2.1272&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 4 minor
- 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
- Parties: BEA, Textron Aviation, Continental Motors
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195389
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195389/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA016

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 340A, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=2076405), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N38CM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38CM), registered now, S/N 340A0901, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Registry model: [Cessna 340A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (registry code 2076405) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 340A0901
- Year built: 1979
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, 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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