# NTSB ERA19WA198: Diamond DA 62, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 16, 2019
- Place: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Coordinates: 25.214166, 55.448055 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.2142&lon=55.4481&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99672
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA19WA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99672/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19WA198

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern final: 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

The government of United Arab Emirates has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Diamond DA 62 airplane that occurred on May 16, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of United Arab Emirates's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of United Arab Emirates.

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-MDME (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Diamond DA 62 (No Series)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 62.077
- Engines: Austro Engine GmbH E4P-C reciprocating; Austro Engine GmbH E4P-C reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial observation, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Flight Calibration Services Ltd
- Registered owner: Flight Calibration Services Ltd
- Departed: OMDB, Dubai
- Destination: OMDB, Dubai
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: OMDB

## Weather

- Wind: 20° at 5 knots
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Observed at: OMDB

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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