# NTSB CEN20WA293: Cessna FR172, Galway, Ireland, July 11, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 11, 2020, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Galway, Ireland
- Coordinates: 53.278057, -9.052499 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.2781&lon=-9.0525&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA293
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101639/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA293

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of the Ireland has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Cessna FR172K airplane that occurred on July 11, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Ireland's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Ireland.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-EZU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna FR172 (K)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: FR17200597
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: The Hawk Group

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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