# NTSB CEN20WA237: Piper PA34, Reinsfeld, Germany, June 17, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 17, 2020, 11:17 local (11:17 UTC)
- Place: Reinsfeld, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101464
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA237
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101464/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA237

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 290 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Germany has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Piper PA-34 220T airplane, German registration D-GEMZ, that occurred on June 17, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Germany's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Germany.

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-GEMZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34 (220T)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

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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