# NTSB ENG21WA049: ATR ATR72, Democritus, Greece, May 30, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 30, 2021, 15:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Democritus, Greece · LGAL Apron area
- Coordinates: 40.856262, 25.946114
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8563&lon=25.9461&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 46 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Hellenic Air & Rail Safety Investigation Authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105234
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG21WA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105234/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG21WA049

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: SX-THR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ATR ATR72 (212A)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0563
- Year built: 1998
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Sky Express
- Registered owner: Sky Express
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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