# NTSB CEN20WA210: Piper PA30, Kaunas, Lithuania, December 8, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 8, 2019, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Kaunas, Lithuania
- Coordinates: 54.885555, 23.8525
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=54.8856&lon=23.8525&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: 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): 101386
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA210
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101386/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA210

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: 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 government of Lithuania has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a PIPER PA30 airplane that occurred on December 08, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Lithuania's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Lithuania.

## Aircraft

- Registration: LY-ARS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30-1824
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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