# NTSB CEN09WA091: Piper PA46, N403HP, Baden, Austria, December 14, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 14, 2008, 12:04 local (12:04 UTC)
- Place: Baden, Austria
- Coordinates: 48.006668, 16.136667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0067&lon=16.1367&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69572
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09WA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69572/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09WA091

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [Piper PA 46-350P, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md?model=7104620), [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N403HP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403HP-2009-07-09), registration cancelled 2009-07-09, S/N 46-36312, built 2000 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46 (350P)
- Registry model: [Piper PA 46-350P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (registry code 7104620) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 46-36312
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Gery Van Oortmarssen
- Registered owner: Vector Sky Service LTD
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: EGKA, Sussex
- Destination: LOAV, Baden
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LOAV, Voslau Aerodrome, runway 13

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: LOAV

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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