# NTSB WPR20WA003: Cessna 172, Sultanpur, India, October 6, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 6, 2019, 07:50 local (07:50 UTC)
- Place: Sultanpur, India
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100380
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20WA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100380/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20WA003

## Factual narrative

On October 6, 2019, about 0750 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 172, VT-RGF, impacted terrain near Sultanpur, India after requesting to turn back due to bad weather. The student pilot and passenger were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of India. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of India, this report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of India. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Air Accident Investigation Bureau Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan Safdarjung Airport New Delhi-3 India Tel.: (91) 11 2461-0843 / 2461-0848 E-mail: opsctrl@aai.aero Fax: (91) 11 2469-3963

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-RGF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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