# NTSB CEN12WA640: Piaggio P149, Hoogeveen, Netherlands, August 4, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 4, 2012, 09:45 local (09:45 UTC)
- Place: Hoogeveen, Netherlands
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Emergency descent: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Dutch Safety Board
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85064
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12WA640
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85064/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12WA640

## Sequence of events

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

- [Emergency descent: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 4, 2012, at 0945 coordinated universal time, a Piaggio P149D, Dutch registration D-EGIT, owned by a private individual and operated by the pilot, received substantial damage when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Hoogeveen Airport (EHHO), Netherlands. The pilot was seriously injured and the passenger was not injured. The flight originated from EHHO. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Dutch Safety Board. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Portuguese government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: The Dutch Safety Board P.O. Box 95404 2509 CK DEN HAAG The Netherlands

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-EGIT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIAGGIO P149 (D)
- Serial number: 260
- Engines: Lycoming GO-480-B1A6 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: EHHO, Hoogeveen
- Destination: EHHO, Hoogeveen
- Flight plan: Unknown

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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