# NTSB GAA26WA239: Supermarine Spitfire, Muluckine, Australia, June 24, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 24, 2026, 10:30 local (02:30 UTC)
- Place: Muluckine, Australia
- Coordinates: -31.64485, 116.71938
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-31.6449&lon=116.7194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 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): 203321
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203321/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA239

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-SFX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 91

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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