# NTSB ENG20WA038: Piper PA28RT, Basel, Switzerland, July 23, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 23, 2020, 13:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place: Basel, Switzerland
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101704
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG20WA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101704/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG20WA038

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-PNP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-8131037
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Both
- Flight: 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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