# NTSB CEN16WA371: Piper PA28, Bovec, Slovenia, September 1, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 1, 2016, 15:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Bovec, Slovenia
- Coordinates: 46.305278, 13.606666
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3053&lon=13.6067&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: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94019
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA371
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94019/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA371

## 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 1, 2016, about 1545 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-28-161, Slovenia-registration S5-DES, was destroyed when it crashed into mountainous terrain near Bovec, Slovenia. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated from Bovec Airfield (LJBO), Bovec, Slovenia, and was destined for Ljubljana Airport (LJLJ), Ljubljana, Slovenia. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Republic of Slovenia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Service, Republic of Slovenia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Service, Ministry of Infrastructure Republic of Slovenia Langusova 4 1535 Ljubijana, Slovenia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: S5-DES (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28 (161)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7816048
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown

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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