# NTSB ERA17WA193: Cessna 172, Chernihiv, Ukraine, May 26, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 26, 2017, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Chernihiv, Ukraine
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95248
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA193
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95248/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA193

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On May 26, 2017, about 1200 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 172M, Ukrainian registration UR-WTA, was substantially damaged when it impacted a one-story building after takeoff from the Pivtsi Airport, Chernihiv, Ukraine. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight was conducted under Ukrainian flight regulations.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the National Bureau for Incidents and Accidents Investigation of Civil Aircraft (NBAAI) of Ukraine. Further information can be obtained from: National Bureau for Incidents and Accidents Investigation of Civil Aircraft Prospekt Peremohy 14 01135 Kyiv Ukraine Tel/Fax.: (380) 44 351-4338 E-mail: info@nbaai.gov.ua Website: www.nbaai.gov.ua This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the Ukrainian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UR-WTA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 (M)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Chernihiv
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather



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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