# NTSB GAA20WA099: Piper PA23, Shannon, Ireland, December 2, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 2, 2019, 16:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place: Shannon, Ireland
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100702
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA20WA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100702/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20WA099

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Ireland has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a PIPER PA23 airplane that occurred on December 02, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Ireland's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Ireland.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-WMN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23 (250)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-7954063
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: EIKY, Kerry
- Destination: EINN, Shannon

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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