# NTSB CEN12WA680: Embraer, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, August 6, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 6, 2012, 15:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Liechtenstein, Switzerland
- Coordinates: 47.485, 9.560832
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4850&lon=9.5608&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 86071
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12WA680
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86071/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86071
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12WA680

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 50500025
- Engines: Pratt and Whitney PW535E 3200 lbs thrust turbo fan; Pratt and Whitney PW535E 3200 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 30, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86071. 27 KB in all.

- Memoradum of Investigative Authority, Switzerland (item 1, .PDF, 27 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40392009&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memoradum%20of%20Investigative%20Authority,%20Switzerland-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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