# NTSB CEN13WA516: Piper PA-32T, Wickede, Germany, August 27, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 27, 2013, 15:21 local (15:21 UTC)
- Place: Wickede, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87914
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13WA516
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87914/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13WA516

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 27, 2013, at 1521 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-32T, German registered D-EERB, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Wickede, Germany. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and six passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated from Langeoog (EDWL), Germany, and was destined for Arnsberg-Menden, Germany.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fur Flugenfallensuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-EERB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32T
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Lycoming IO-540-K1A5D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: EDWL, Langeoog
- Destination: Arnsberg-Menden
- 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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