# NTSB CEN13WA511: Piper PA-28R-201, Sarnen, Switzerland, August 27, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 27, 2013, 11:19 local (11:19 UTC)
- Place: Sarnen, Switzerland
- Coordinates: 46.902221, 8.2075 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9022&lon=8.2075&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Swiss Accident Investigation Board
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87879
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13WA511
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87879/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13WA511

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-PDC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Flugbetriebs AG Sarnen Kaegiswil
- Registered owner: Flugbetriebs AG Sarnen Kaegiswil
- Departed: LSPG, Kaegiswil
- Destination: LEVC, Valencia
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LSPG, Kaegiswil

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Observed at: LSGC

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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