# NTSB CEN16WA088: Socata TB20, Cuenca, Spain, Spain, January 16, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 16, 2016, 15:32 local (15:32 UTC)
- Place: Cuenca, Spain, Spain
- Coordinates: 40.071109, -2.138611 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0711&lon=-2.1386&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92591
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92591/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA088

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 16, 2016, about 1532 coordinated universal time, a Socata TB-20 single engine airplane, serial number 747, registry EC-ESK, was destroyed after impacting terrain near Cuenca, Spain, during cruise flight. The pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane had departed from Alicante, Spain, and was enroute to León, Spain. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Spain. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Spain. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Ministrio de Fomento - CIAIAC Fruela, 6 - 1ª floor 28011 MADRID - ESPAÑA

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-ESK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB20
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 747
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: LEMU, Alicante
- Destination: LEOS, León

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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