# NTSB CEN10WA003: Cessna F172N, Sulzberg, Germany, October 2, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 2, 2009, 18:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Sulzberg, Germany
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: German BFU - IIC
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74850
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10WA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74850/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74850
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10WA003

## Probable cause

Under the jurisdiction and control of the German 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.

- [Enroute-cruise: 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

On October 2, 2009, at 1800 coordinated universal time, a Cessna F172N, German registered D-EDVG, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Sulzberg, Germany. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from St. Johann, Austria, and was en route to Michelstadt, Germany. The German investigators reported that the airplane was destroyed when it impacted forested terrain under unknown circumstances. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

## Factual narrative

On October 2, 2009, at 1800 coordinated universal time, a Cessna F172N, German registered D-EDVG, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Sulzberg, Germany. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from St. Johann, Austria, and was en route to Michelstadt, Germany. The German investigators reported that the airplane was destroyed when it impacted forested terrain under unknown circumstances. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-EDVG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA F172N
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: St Johann
- Destination: Michelstadt
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.01 inHg
- Observed at: EDDM

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 14, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74850. 11 KB in all.

- Docket Insert - CEN10WA003 (item 1, .PDF, 11 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40319904&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Insert%20-%20CEN10WA003-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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