# NTSB CEN18WA312: Steen Skybolt, Fratauti, Romania, August 4, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 4, 2018, 08:10 local (08:10 UTC)
- Place: Fratauti, Romania
- Coordinates: 47.888332, 25.9025 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8883&lon=25.9025&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250); [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97991
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA312
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97991/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA312

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: 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)
- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190), aircraft 2; cases with it: [Mohr SKYBOLT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190/sequence.md?model=0565553), [All aircraft, 361 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [Mohr SKYBOLT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md?model=0565553), [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: D-EHHH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STEEN SKYBOLT
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LRSV

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N5769](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5769-2019-09-06), registration cancelled 2019-09-06, S/N LM-5, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Steen SKYBOLT (No Series)
- Registry model: [Mohr SKYBOLT](https://openairdocs.org/model/mohr-skybolt) (registry code 0563209) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: LM-5
- Year 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

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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