# NTSB CEN14WA169: Fritz Neumeyer Glasair II FT / 1865, Turnau, Austria, March 22, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 22, 2014, 11:26 local (11:26 UTC)
- Place: Turnau, Austria
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88956
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA169
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88956/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88956
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA169

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On 22 March 2014, approximately 1126 coordinated universal time, a Glasair II FT, airplane, registration D-EJFN crashed shortly after takeoff from the Lanzen-Turnau Airport, Turnau, Austria. The pilot and passage were fatally injured. The incident is being investigated by the Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authority of Austria. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All inquiries should be directed to the Austrian Accident Investigation Branch at: BMVIT - IV/BAV/UUB/LF (Unfalluntersuchungsstelle - Luftfahrt) Federal Office of Transport Accident Investigation Branch, Department Aviation Address - Mail: P.O. Box 206, 1000 Wien Address - Office: Trauzlgasse 1, 1210 Wien

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-EJFN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FRITZ NEUMEYER GLASAIR II FT / 1865 (FT)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1057 AB
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Operator: Not Provided by Authority
- Registered owner: Not provided by Authority

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 27, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88956. 38 KB in all.

- Accident Notification (item 1, .PDF, 38 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40433255&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Notification-Master.PDF

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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