# NTSB CEN13WA572: Piper PA28 - 161, Persan, France, March 6, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 6, 2013, 19:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Persan, France
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88355
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13WA572
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88355/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13WA572

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 6, 2013, about 1920 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA28-161 airplane, F-GHPN, impacted terrain during final approach to land on runway 10, at the Persan-Beaumont Airport (LFPA), near Persan, France. The pilot was fatally injured. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of France. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau of France, at: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses Zone Sud 200 rue de Paris Aêroport du Bourget 93350 Le Bourget Cedex France This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the AAIB of France

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-GHPN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28 - 161 (161)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2841252
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Aero Club Paris Nord
- Registered owner: Aero Club Paris Nord
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LFPA, Persan
- Destination: LFPA, Persan
- Airport: LFPA, Persan-Beaumont Airport, runway 10

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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