# NTSB WPR20WA091: Piper PA44, Mangalore, Australia, February 19, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 19, 2020
- Place: Mangalore, Australia
- Coordinates: -36.949165, 145.205825 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-36.9492&lon=145.2058&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Maneuvering: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250); [Maneuvering: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100966
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20WA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100966/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20WA091

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: VH-JQF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44 (180)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 44-7995291
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: VH-AEM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TD-682
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- 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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