# NTSB GAA26WA071: Cessna 208, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, January 7, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 7, 2026, 12:29 local (06:59 UTC)
- Place: Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka · Gregory Lake Water aerodrome,
- Coordinates: 6.95, 80.77 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=6.9500&lon=80.7700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- 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): 202286
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202286/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA071

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 4R-CAE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Saffron Aviation Pvt Ltd
- Registered owner: Saffron Aviation Pvt Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: VCBI, Negombo
- Destination: Same as departure

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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