# NTSB GAA25WA069: Piper PA18, Les Allues, France, January 21, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 21, 2025, 17:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Les Allues, France
- Location: 45.4075° N, 6.5776° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Méribel Altiport (LFKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4075&lon=6.5776&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250)
- 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): 199607
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199607/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA069

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-BAYP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: LFKX, Méribel Altiport

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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