# NTSB CEN16WA337: Yakovlev/Chinnery YAK 11, N111YK, Speyer, Germany, August 25, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 25, 2016, 06:51 local (06:51 UTC)
- Place: Speyer, Germany
- Coordinates: 49.319442, 8.431111 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.3194&lon=8.4311&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93907
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA337
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93907/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA337

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Yakovlev/Chinnery YAK-11, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=9830115), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 25, 2016, at 0651 universal coordinated time, a Yakolev YAK-11, US registration N111YK, crashed under unknown circumstances in Speyer, Germany. The pilot was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Tel: (int.) +49 531 3548 - 0 Fax:(int.) +49 531 3548 - 246 e-mail: box@bfu-web.de www.bfu-web.de

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N111YK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111YK-2017-01-31), registration cancelled 2017-01-31, S/N 172521, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKOVLEV/CHINNERY YAK 11
- Registry model: [Yakovlev/Chinnery YAK-11](https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-chinnery-yak-11) (registry code 9830115) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-1830-75](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-75) (registry code 51633, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172521
- Engines: P & W R-1830-75 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Flight test, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Mid America Sprayers Inc

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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