# NTSB WPR17WA127: Cessna 172, Ballina, Australia, June 16, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 16, 2017
- Place: Ballina, Australia
- Coordinates: -28.727222, 153.539169
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-28.7272&lon=153.5392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95382
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR17WA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95382/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17WA127

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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: VH-FYN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (M)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17267270
- Engines: TEXTRON LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

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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