# NTSB GAA26WA085: Learjet 45XR, Sawantwadi, India, January 28, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: January 28, 2026, 03:18 local (03:18 UTC)
- Place: Sawantwadi, India · Baramati Airfield
- Coordinates: 18.216667, 74.583333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2167&lon=74.5833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR final approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202350
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA085
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202350/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA085

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-IFR final approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-SSK 417 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET 45XR
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Airport: Baramati Airfield

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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