# NTSB CEN09WA333: Cessna 172H, Uddevalla, Sweden, June 1, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 1, 2009, 15:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place: Uddevalla, Sweden
- Coordinates: 58.367778, 11.775278
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3678&lon=11.7753&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Swedish Accident Investigation Board
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73955
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09WA333
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73955/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09WA333

## Probable cause

Under the jurisdiction and control of the Swedish government.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,706 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Analysis

On June 1, 2009, at 1550 coordinated universal time (1750 central European Summer Time), a Cessna 172H, Swedish registered SE-GUP, owned by the Uddevalla Flygklubb (Flying Club) and piloted by the accident pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances at Uddevalla Rorkarr Airport (ESGU), Uddevalla, Sweden. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from ESGU. The Swedish investigators reported that the pilot was performing aerial survey in search of a wounded deer. Witnesses reported that the airplane stalled at a low altitude and impacted a creek. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Swedish government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Swedish government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Swedish Accident Investigation Board P.O. Box 12538 SE-102 29 Stockholm Sweden

## Factual narrative

On June 1, 2009, at 1550 coordinated universal time (1750 central European Summer Time), a Cessna 172H, Swedish registered SE-GUP, owned by the Uddevalla Flygklubb (Flying Club) and piloted by the accident pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances at Uddevalla Rorkarr Airport (ESGU), Uddevalla, Sweden. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The accident flight originated from ESGU. The Swedish investigators reported that the pilot was performing aerial survey in search of a wounded deer. Witnesses reported that the airplane stalled at a low altitude and impacted a creek. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Swedish government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Swedish government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Swedish Accident Investigation Board P.O. Box 12538 SE-102 29 Stockholm Sweden

## Aircraft

- Registration: SE-GUP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: F1720772
- Engines: Continental O reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Uddevalla Flygklubb
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Uddevalla
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: ESGU, Uddevalla Rorkarr Flygplats

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: ESGP

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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