# NTSB CEN09RA590: Piper PA34, Castro Verde, Portugal, September 15, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 15, 2009, 19:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place: Castro Verde, Portugal
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: GPIAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74752
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09RA590
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74752/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74752
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09RA590

## Factual narrative

On September 15, 2009, at 2055 Western European Summer Time, a Piper PA-34-220T, OO-TML, registered to Ben-Air Flight Academy was destroyed upon impact with terrain during a night navigation training flight. The airplane had disappeared from radar and no communication contact could be established. The flight instructor and two students were fatally injured. The wreckage was discovered at 2145 spread over a large area. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Portugal. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Portugal. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Praça Duque de Saldanha, 31 - 4º 1050-094 LISBOA Web: http://www.gpiaa.gov.pt

## Aircraft

- Registration: OO-TML (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34 (220T)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3449089
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO360 220 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Ben-Air Flight Academy N.V.
- Registered owner: Ben-Air Flight Academy N.V.
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 29, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74752. 47 KB in all.

- Contact Information (item 1, .PDF, 47 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40319315&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Contact%20Information-Master.PDF

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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