# NTSB CEN09WA090: Piper 34-200T, Graz, Austria, November 2, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 2, 2008, 16:33 local (16:33 UTC)
- Place: Graz, Austria
- Coordinates: 46.923332, 15.423333
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9233&lon=15.4233&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69571
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09WA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69571/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09WA090

## Probable cause

This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austrian government. Any further information may be obtained from: Federal Office of Transport Accident investigation Branch, Department Aviation Postfach 207, 1000 Wien Lohnergasse 9, 1210 Wien Austria This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the AIB of Austria.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-IFR missed approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Analysis

An Austrian-registered Piper PA-34-220T crashed in a wooded area during a missed approach into the Graz Airport (LOWG), Graz, Austria. The pilot and two passengers on board were killed and the airplane sustained substantial damage. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was on an instrument flight rules flight plan from W. A. Mozart Airport, Salzburg, Austria, to LOWG. According to the Austrian Accident Investigation Branch, the airplane had been vectored to the Instrument Landing System approach for runway 35C. The airplane was reported as never established on the approach. When the airplane passed over the decision altitude by 200 feet, air traffic control advised the pilot to go around. When turning inbound to the approach again, the airplane descended and crashed in a wooded area. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austrian government. Any further information may be obtained from: Federal Office of Transport Accident investigation Branch, Department Aviation Postfach 207, 1000 Wien Lohnergasse 9, 1210 Wien Austria This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the AIB of Austria.

## Factual narrative

On November 2, 2008, at 1633 UTC, a Piper PA-34-220T, Austrian registration OE-FEE, serial number 34-8133066, crashed in a wooded area during a missed approach into the Graz Airport (LOWG), Graz, Austria. The pilot and two passengers on board were killed and the airplane sustained substantial damage. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was on an instrument flight rules flight plan from W. A. Mozart Airport, Salzburg, Austria, to LOWG. According to the Austrian Accident Investigation Branch, the airplane had been vectored to the Instrument Landing System approach for runway 35C. The airplane was reported as never established on the approach. When the airplane passed over the decision altitude by 200 feet, air traffic control advised the pilot to go around. When turning inbound to the approach again, the airplane descended and crashed in a wooded area. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austrian government. Any further information may be obtained from: Federal Office of Transport Accident investigation Branch, Department Aviation Postfach 207, 1000 Wien Lohnergasse 9, 1210 Wien Austria This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the AIB of Austria.

## Aircraft

- Registration: OE-FEE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 34-200T
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-8133066N
- Engines: 200 horsepower reciprocating; 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: LOWS, Salzburg
- Destination: LOWG, Graz
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LOWG, Graz Airport, runway 35C

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: LOWG

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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