# NTSB CEN17WA240: Reims F150 M, Charleroi, Belgium, May 30, 2017

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 30, 2017, 17:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Charleroi, Belgium
- Coordinates: 50.459999, 4.452777 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.4600&lon=4.4528&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95417
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17WA240
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95417/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17WA240

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On May 30, 2017, about 1730 hours universal coordinated time, a Reims Aviation F150M, Belgium registration OO-PRG, sustained minor damage during a forced landing at Brussels South - Charleroi Airport (EBCI), Charleroi, Belgium. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The local instructional flight departed at exact time unknown.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Belgium Air Accident Investigation Unit. This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Belgium. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Federal Public Service -- Mobility and Transport Air Accident Investigation Unit Rue du Progrès 80 Bte 5 1030 Brussels Belgium Tel.: (32) 2 277 44 23 E-mail: civilair@mobilit.fgov.be Website: http://www.mobilit.fgov.be

## Aircraft

- Registration: OO-PRG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: REIMS AVIATION S.A. F150 M (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1185
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Bluetail Flight School
- Registered owner: Bluetail Flight School
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: EBCI, Charleroi
- Destination: EBCI, Charleroi
- Airport: EBCI, Brussels South Charleroi, runway 25, 8,366 × 148 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; injuries: none; seat: right
- Student pilot; injuries: none; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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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