# NTSB CEN20WA142: Lancair LC41, N6504H, Gotha, Germany, March 30, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 30, 2020, 11:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Gotha, Germany
- Coordinates: 50.928733, 10.710341 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.9287&lon=10.7103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101149/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA142

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Lancair LC41-550FG, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=5150001), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6504H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6504H), registered now, S/N 41010, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Lancair LC41 (550FG)
- Registry model: [Lancair LC41-550FG](https://openairdocs.org/model/lancair-lc41-550fg) (registry code 5150001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (registry code 17043, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 41010
- Year built: 2004
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Registered owner: Plane Fun Inc Tr Trustee
- Departed: EDEG, Gotha
- Destination: Eisenach
- Airport: EDEG

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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