# NTSB ATL05WA152: Cessna 172, Simplon, Switzerland, August 23, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 23, 2005, 13:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Simplon, Switzerland
- Coordinates: 46.220554, 8.035555
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2206&lon=8.0356&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Parties: New York International Field Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62327
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL05WA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62327/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05WA152

## Aircraft

- Registration: OK-HOS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Sky Academy S.R.O.
- Departed: LSZL, Magadino
- Destination: EDNY, Lowenthal
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.98 inHg
- Observed at: EDNY

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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