# NTSB CEN15WA456: Amateur Construction Glasair RG, Muhen, Switzerland, September 20, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 20, 2015, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Muhen, Switzerland
- Coordinates: 47.335277, 8.051388
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3353&lon=8.0514&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94339
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA456
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94339/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA456

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 20, 2015, about 1000 hours universal coordinated time, a Glassair RG airplane, Swiss registration HB-YEA was destroyed when it impacted an automobile and burst into flames during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Muhen, Switzerland. The pilot was fatally injured. The incident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB). This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by or obtained from the government Switzerland. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board Bundeshaus Nord, Kochergasse 10 CH-3003 Berne Switzerland Tel: +41 58 466 33 00 Website: http://www.sust.admin.ch Email: info-av@sust.admin.ch

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-YEA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMATEUR CONSTRUCTION GLASAIR RG (RG)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 750
- Year built: 1989
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-B1E 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Departed: LSPN, Lucerne
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

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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