# NTSB CEN18WA016: Avid Mark IV, Jüterborg, Germany, October 16, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 16, 2017, 11:23 local (11:23 UTC)
- Place: Jüterborg, Germany
- 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: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96213
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96213/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA016

## 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 October 16, 2017, about 1123 UTC, an amateur-built Avid Mark IV airplane, French registration F-JAGB, owned and operated by a private individual, crashed during a test flight near Jüterborg, Germany. The pilot on board was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The personal local flight originated from the pilot's private airstrip near Jüterborg, Germany.This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Germany. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from: The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bundesstelle fur Flugenfallensuchung (BFU) Herman-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Telephone: +49 5 31-35 48-0 Facsimile: +49 5 31-35 48-246 E-Mail: ops@bfu-web.de This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the BFU of Germany.

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-JAGB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AVID MARK IV (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1230D
- Engines: ROTAX 582 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Fire: Unknown
- Operator: Unknown
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Jüterborg
- Destination: Jüterborg
- Equipment: Airframe parachute

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; seat: left

## Weather



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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