# NTSB ERA12WA504: Piper PA-28-235, Tartu, Estonia, May 4, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 4, 2012, 20:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place: Tartu, Estonia
- Coordinates: 58.307498, 26.686944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3075&lon=26.6869&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84657
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA504
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84657/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84657
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA504

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: 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)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On May 4, 2012, about 2055 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-28-235, Latvian registration YL-MED, was substantially damaged when it impacted a ditch, during a forced landing at night after a loss of power near Tartu Ulenurme Airport (EETU), Tartu, Estonia. The flight instructor and his two students received minor injuries. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau Harju st. 11 Talinn 15072 Estonia This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Estonia

## Aircraft

- Registration: YL-MED (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Serial number: 28-11377
- Engines: Lycoming O-540 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: EETU, Tartu Ulenurme Airport, runway 26, 5,902 ×  ft, concrete

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 0° at 0 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.55 inHg
- Observed at: EETU, 3 nm away

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 27, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84657. 22 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 22 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40375857&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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