# NTSB CEN14WA117: Britten Norman BN-2A-27, Horea, Romania, January 20, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 20, 2014, 14:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Horea, Romania
- Coordinates: 46.554443, 22.980278 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5544&lon=22.9803&mi=10
- 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): 88702
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88702/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA117

## 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)
- [Unknown: 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)

## Factual narrative

On January 20, 2014, about 1400 coordinated universal time, a Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 airplane, YR-BNP, impacted mountainous terrain near Horea, Cluj, Romania. The two pilots, and five passengers were all fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The flight departed the Baneasa International Airport (LRBS) and was en route to the Oradea International Airport (LROD). According to information provided by the Romanian investigators, the airplane impacted a snowy, wooded area in mountainous terrain under unknown circumstances. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Romanian government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Romanian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Romania Civil Aviation Safety Investigation and Analysis Center (CIAS) 40 Bucharest-Ploiesti Road, District 1 Bucharest, Romania 013695 Info@cias.gov.ro Phone: +4.021.222.05.35 Fax: +4.0378.107.106

## Aircraft

- Registration: YR-BNP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRITTEN NORMAN BN-2A-27
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0822
- Damage: Destroyed

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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