# NTSB CEN16WA176: Rans S12, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Austria, May 6, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 6, 2016, 16:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Austria
- Coordinates: 47.843334, 16.26
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8433&lon=16.2600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93130
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93130/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA176

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: 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 May 6, 2016, about 1625 coordinated universal time (UTC), a Rans S-12, D-MOHA, was destroyed when it impacted terrain after a loss of control during the initial climb from Loan Airport, Wiener Neustadt, Austria. The pilot and passenger were killed. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Austria. Further information may be obtained from: Federal Office of Transport Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authority Trauzlgasse 1 A-1210 Vienna Austria This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authority of the Government of Austria.

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-MOHA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RANS S12
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)

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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