# NTSB CEN20WA209: Piper PA38, Kena, Lithuania, May 9, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 9, 2020, 11:27 local (11:27 UTC)
- Place: Kena, Lithuania
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: 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): 101385
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101385/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA209

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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

The National Transportation Safety Board was notified of an accident involving a Piper PA-38-112 airplane, LY-ATM, near Kena, Lithuania. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Division.

## Aircraft

- Registration: LY-ATM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38 (112)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 38-78A0492
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Vilnius Darius and Girenas Aero club
- Registered owner: Department of Physical Education and Sports
- Departed: EYVK, Kyviškes
- Destination: EYVK, Kyviškes

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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