# NTSB GAA19WA201: Moravan Z-50LA, Castel Viscardo, Italy, March 30, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 30, 2019, 15:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Castel Viscardo, Italy
- Coordinates: 42.736946, 11.980833
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7369&lon=11.9808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99231
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19WA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99231/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19WA201

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Italy has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a MORAVAN Z-50LA airplane that occurred on March 30, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Italy's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Italy.

## Aircraft

- Registration: I-DRAW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MORAVAN Z-50LA
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0011
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: Aviosuperficie
- Destination: Castel Viscardo

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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