# NTSB CEN10WA073: Cirrus SR20, Oberbarnim, Germany, December 10, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 10, 2009, 16:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Oberbarnim, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: German BFU - IIC
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75165
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10WA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75165/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75165
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10WA073

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 10, 2009, at 1625 coordinated universal time, a Cirrus SR20, German registered D-EYAT, was destroyed when it impacted forested terrain near Oberbarnim, Germany. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Warszawa, Poland, and was en route to Strausberg, Germany. The German investigators reported that the airplane impacted forested terrain while on "final approach." 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 the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bundesstelle fur Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-EYAT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Aerotours GmbH
- Departed: Warszawa
- Destination: Strausberg
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: Oberbarmim

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Wind: 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 2.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft broken
- Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: EDDB

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 21, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75165. 9 KB in all.

- Docket Insert - CEN10WA073 (item 1, .PDF, 9 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40323056&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Insert%20-%20CEN10WA073-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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