# NTSB GAA25WA036: Cessna 340A, N340GJ, Magny-lès-Villers, France, December 2, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 2, 2024, 14:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place: Magny-lès-Villers, France
- Coordinates: 47.093889, 4.870833
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0939&lon=4.8708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- 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): 199377
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199377/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA036

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 340A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md?model=2076405), [All aircraft, 392 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-descent: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [Cessna 340A, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md?model=2076405), [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)
- [Post-impact: Fire/smoke (post-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170); cases with it: [Cessna 340A, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170/sequence.md?model=2076405), [All aircraft, 354 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/170/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N340GJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N340GJ-2025-03-27), registration cancelled 2025-03-27, S/N 340A0637, 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: 340A0637
- Year built: 1979
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Sch Aviation Inc Trustee

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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