# NTSB CEN16WA351: Robinson R22, Aube, France, May 9, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 9, 2016, 19:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Aube, France
- Coordinates: 48.445, 3.759764 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4450&lon=3.7598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93950
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA351
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93950/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA351

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-SPEE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R22
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, 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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