# NTSB CEN16WA226: Zivko Aeronautics Edge 540, N13VU, Kyviškes, Lithuania, June 16, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 16, 2016, 17:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Kyviškes, Lithuania
- Coordinates: 54.671943, 25.503055 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=54.6719&lon=25.5031&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93421
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA226
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93421/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA226

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Zivko Aeronautics EDGE 540, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=056037G), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13VU](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13VU-2018-04-02), registration cancelled 2018-04-02, S/N 0042 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZIVKO AERONAUTICS INC EDGE 540 (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Zivko Aeronautics EDGE 540](https://openairdocs.org/model/zivko-aeronautics-edge-540) (registry code 056037G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0042
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee

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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