# NTSB CEN17WA353: Mooney M 20K, Braunwald, Switzerland, September 12, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 12, 2017, 17:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Braunwald, Switzerland
- Coordinates: 46.955833, 8.984444
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9558&lon=8.9844&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17WA353
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96016/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17WA353

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: 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)
- [Maneuvering: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-EPPW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Mooney Aircraft Corporation M 20K (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-0624
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Operator: Not Provided by Authority
- Registered owner: Not Provided by Authority

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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