# NTSB GAA25WA047: Pilatus Britten Norman BN-2B-26 Islander, Wasu, Papua New Guinea, December 22, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: December 22, 2024
- Place: Wasu, Papua New Guinea
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 11 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199460
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199460/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA047

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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: P2-SAM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Pilatus Britten Norman BN-2B-26 Islander
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Rolls-Royce 250 turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: 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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