CEN18WA312

NTSB accident investigation · Steen Skybolt · Fratauti, Romania · August 4, 2018

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
August 4, 2018, 08:10 local (08:10 UTC)
Place
Fratauti, Romania
Injuries
1 fatal, 1 serious
Phase of flight
Maneuvering
Aircraft
D-EHHHSteen SkyboltN5769Steen Skybolt
Defining events
Maneuvering-aerobatics: Midair collisionManeuvering-aerobatics: Midair collision
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
97991

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Steen Skybolt

Midair collisionManeuvering-aerobaticsAll aircraft: 196 casesDefining event

N5769 · Steen Skybolt

Aircraft · 2

Registration
D-EHHH
Reported as
Steen Skybolt
Category
Airplane
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
LRSV
Registration
N5769
Reported as
Steen Skybolt (No Series)
Category
Airplane, amateur-built
Serial number
LM-5
Built
1974
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Registered owner
Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee
Flight plan
Unknown
Airport
LRSV

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.