# NTSB CEN16WA368: Piper PA34, Skopje, Macedonia, North Macedonia, September 6, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 6, 2016
- Place: Skopje, Macedonia, North Macedonia
- Coordinates: 41.835277, 21.663333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8353&lon=21.6633&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: 6 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA368
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94001/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA368

## 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: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 6, 2016, about 1540 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T multi-engine airplane, serial number 34-8070170, German registry D-GLLW, was destroyed after impacting terrain while on an ILS approach to Runway 34 at Alexander the Great Airport (LWSK), Skopje, Macedonia. The six persons on-board were fatally injured. The airplane had departed from Treviso Airport (LIPH), Milan, Italy, and was destined for LWSK. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of the Republic of Macedonia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of the Republic of Macedonia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Macedonian Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Committee (AAIIC) st. Partizanski odredi, No. 317a/1-1 MK - 1000 Skopje Republic of Macedonia www.kinsiv.mk/

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-GLLW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34 (200T)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-8070170
- Engines: Continental TSIO-360 215 horsepower reciprocating; Continental TSIO-360 215 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Day
- Observed at: LWSK, 8 nm away

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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