# NTSB CEN14WA175: Piper PA38 - 112, Szombathely, Hungary, March 29, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 29, 2014, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Szombathely, Hungary
- Coordinates: 47.266666, 16.633054 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2667&lon=16.6331&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transportation Safety Bureau of Hungary, Piper Aircraft, Inc.
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88991
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88991/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88991
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA175

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 29, 2014, at 1000 universal coordinated time, a Piper model PA-38-112, Hungarian registration HA-APW, serial number 3879A0512, sustained substantial damage when the right main landing gear collapsed while taxiing at the Szombathely Airport, near Szombathely, Hungary. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by Hungarian Aircraft Technology & Service located in Fertoszentmiklós, Hungary. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Hungarian Government. Further information may be obtained from: Transportation Safety Bureau of Hungary H-1675, POB 62 Budapest, Hungary Phone: +36 1 294 5529 Fax: +36 1 296 9520 E-mail: aviainfo@kbsz.hu Webpage: http://www.kbsz.hu This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Transportation Safety Bureau of Hungary.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HA-APW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38 - 112
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3879A0512
- Year built: 1979
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Hungarian Aircraft Technology & Service
- Registered owner: Hungarian Aircraft Technology & Service
- Departed: LHSY, Szombathely
- Destination: LHSY, Szombathely
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LHSY, Szombathely
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 3, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88991. 49 KB in all.

- Foreign Investigation Notification (item 1, .PDF, 49 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410968&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Investigation%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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