# NTSB CEN16WA345: Robinson R44, Plasy, Czechia, August 16, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 16, 2016, 13:32 local (13:32 UTC)
- Place: Plasy, Czechia
- Coordinates: 49.907113, 13.361405 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.9071&lon=13.3614&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Autorotation: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93939
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA345
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93939/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA345

## Sequence of events

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

- [Autorotation: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: OK-GES (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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