# NTSB CEN18WA120: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Germany, January 23, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 23, 2018, 12:07 local (12:07 UTC)
- Place: Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Unknown: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250); [Unknown: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96868
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96868/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA120

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)
- [Unknown: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

On January 23, 2018, about 1207 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-28 airplane, Swiss registration HB-PGF, collided with an Airbus-Helicopter EC135P2, German registration D-HDRV near Oberhausen-Rheinhausen, Germany. The pilots and passengers were all fatally injured and both aircraft were destroyed.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government. German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: HB-PGF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201T (201T)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-8131121
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: D-HDRV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER EC135 (P2)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 0808
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground

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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