CEN13WA154

NTSB incident investigation · Piper PA46 · Schwechat, Austria · January 11, 2013

Incident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
January 11, 2013, 16:16 local (16:16 UTC)
Place
Schwechat, Austria
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N391CCPiper PA46
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
86184

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Factual narrative

On January 11, 2013, about 1616 hours universal coordinated time, a Piper PA46-500TP, United States registration N391CC, deviated from the assigned altitude during an instrument approach to the Vienna International Airport (LOWW), Schwechat, Austria. Air traffic controllers alerted the pilot to the deviation and the flight subsequently landed without further incident. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated from the Zagreb/Pleso Airport (LDZA), Pleso, Croatia. The intended destination was Vöslau-Kottingbrunn Airfield (LOAV), Bad Voslau, Austria. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austria Accident Investigation Branch. This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Austria. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Federal Office of Transport Accident Investigation Branch/Dept. Aviation P.O. Box 3000 Lohnergasse 9 A-1210 Vienna Austria Tel: +43(1) 27760-7700 Website: http://www.bmvit.gv.at Email: fus@bmvit.gv.at

Aircraft

Registration
N391CC
Reported as
Piper PA46 (500TP)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
4697147
Engine
Pratt And Whitney PT6A-42A, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Wings Management Company
Registered owner
Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
LDZA · Zagreb
Destination
LOAV · Bad Voslau
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
LOWW · Vienna International, runway 34, 11,811 × ft, asphalt

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 25, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 26 KB in all.