# NTSB CEN15WA248: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Grenchen, Switzerland, May 30, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 30, 2015, 14:28 local (14:28 UTC)
- Place: Grenchen, Switzerland
- Location: 47.1816° N, 7.4172° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grenchen Airfield (LSZG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1816&lon=7.4172&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Swiss TSB
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91293
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA248
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91293/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA248

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-PLC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201T
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Maximair AG
- Registered owner: Maximair AG
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: LSZG, Grenchen
- Destination: LSZG, Grenchen
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LSZG, Grenchen Airport

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.01 inHg
- Observed at: LSZG

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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