# NTSB CEN19WA289: Capella XS, San Juan del Puerto, Spain, August 23, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 23, 2019, 19:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place: San Juan del Puerto, Spain
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100152
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA289
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100152/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA289

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 23, 2019, about 1905 hours universal coordinated time, an amateur-built Capella XS airplane, Spanish registration EC-YTA, impacted terrain after an inflight separation of a wing near San Juan del Puerto, Spain. The pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil (CIAIAC). This report is for informational purposes and contains only information provided by the government of Spain. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil Ministerio de Fomento C/Fruela, 6 28011 Madrid Spain Telephone: (34) 91 597 89 00 E-mail: ciaiac@fomento.es Fax: (34) 91 463 55 35 Website: http://www.ciaiac.es

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-YTA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Capella XS
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: Rotax 582 64 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Equipment: Unknown

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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