# NTSB CEN15WA124: Piper PA-30, Rockenhausen, Germany, January 26, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 26, 2015, 10:32 local (10:32 UTC)
- Place: Rockenhausen, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90657
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90657/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA124

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: 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 January 26, 2015, about 1032 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-30 airplane, D-GHFW, crashed under unknown circumstances near Rockenhausen, Germany. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the pilot fatally injured. The airplane departed Annemasse Aerodrome, Annemasse, France, at an unconfirmed time, and was en route to Mainz Finthen Airport, Mainz, Germany, at the time of the incident. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU). This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of the Germany. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-GHFW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION PA-30 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30-1326
- Engines: Lycoming IO-320 160 horsepower reciprocating; Lycoming IO-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Operator: Not Provided by Authority
- Registered owner: Not provided by Authority
- Departed: LFLI, Annemasse
- Destination: EDFZ, Mainz

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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