# NTSB WPR18WA187: Cessna 172, Moorabbin, Australia, June 8, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 8, 2018, 07:13 local (07:13 UTC)
- Place: Moorabbin, Australia
- Coordinates: -37.982498, 145.096115
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-37.9825&lon=145.0961&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: 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): 97665
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR18WA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97665/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18WA187

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: 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)
- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-EWE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (S)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S10361
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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