CEN12WA680

NTSB accident investigation · Embraer · Liechtenstein, Switzerland · August 6, 2012

Accident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
August 6, 2012, 15:40 local (15:40 UTC)
Place
Liechtenstein, Switzerland
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CN-MBREmbraer
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
86071

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Factual narrative

On August 6, 2012, at 1540 UTC, an Embraer 505 Phenom 300, Moroccan registration CN-MBR, owned and operated by Dalia Air, Morocco, was substantially damaged when it departed the runway and impacted a fence at the St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (LSZR), Liechtenstein, Switzerland. The two pilots and one passenger on board were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled cross-country flight departed Geneve-Cointrin Airport, Geneva, Switzerland, about 1500. The airplane landed on runway 10 but overshot the runway, broke through a fence and came to a standstill in a field. The reported weather at LSZR at the time of the accident was wind variable at 1 knot, 6,000 feet scattered, ceiling 8,000 feet broken, 10 miles visibility, light rain, temperature 18 degrees Celsius (C), dew point 16 degrees C, pressure 1017 mb. The flight control electronics and flap system parts were retained and tested at Parker Hannifin Corporation, Irvine, California, on January 16, 2013. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Switzerland. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from the Swiss Accident Investigation Board at: Swiss Accident Investigation Board Aviation Division Aeropole 1, Route de Morens, 1530 Payerne Switzerland Telephone: +41 26 662 33 33 Facsimile: +41 26 662 33 01 E-mail: info@sust.admin.ch

Aircraft

Registration
CN-MBR
Reported as
Embraer
Category
Airplane
Serial number
50500025
Engines
Pratt and Whitney PW535E, 3,200 lbs thrust, turbo fanPratt and Whitney PW535E, 3,200 lbs thrust, turbo fan
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Business · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Dalia Air
Registered owner
Dalia Air
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
LSGG · Geneva
Destination
Liechtenstein
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
St. Gallen-Altenrhein, runway 10R, 4,921 × ft, asphalt

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
Variable at 1 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
8,000 ft overcast
Temperature
64 °F, dew point 61 °F
Observed at
LSZR

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 30, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 27 KB in all.