# NTSB DCA16WA047: Swearingen SA226, Saarbrucken, Germany, January 6, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 6, 2016, 17:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place: Saarbrucken, Germany
- Location: 49.2145° N, 7.1097° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Saarbrücken Airport (EDDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.2145&lon=7.1097&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92552/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA047

## Factual narrative

The Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) of Germany has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Swearingen SA226 airplane that occurred on January 06, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the BFU investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the BFU.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-HJC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA226 (TC)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-318
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operator: Zorex Air Transport
- Registered owner: Zorex Air Transport
- Departed: EDLP, Paderborn
- Destination: LEGE, Gerona
- Airport: EDDR, Saarbrucken

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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