# NTSB CEN18WA154: Amateur Construction Vari EZE, Innsbruck, Austria, April 29, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 29, 2018, 08:19 local (08:19 UTC)
- Place: Innsbruck, Austria
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA154
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97149/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA154

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: 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 April 29, 2018, about 0819 hours universal coordinated time, an amateur-built Vari-Eze airplane, Swiss registration HB-YCM, impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from the Innsbruck Airport (LOWI), Innsbruck, Austria. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The flight departed from LOWI shortly before the accident, with an intended destination of Portorož Airport (LJPZ), Portorož, Slovenia.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB). This report is for informational purposes and contains information released by or obtained from the government of Switzerland. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB) Aviation Divison Aéropôle 1 CH-1530 Payerne Switzerland Telephone: +41 58 466 33 00 Facsimile: +41 58 466 33 01 E-mail: info-av@sust.admin.ch Website: www.stsb.admin.ch

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-YCM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMATEUR CONSTRUCTION VARI EZE (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 2202V
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: LOWI

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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