# NTSB GAA20WA104: Cirrus SR22, Salzburg, Austria, Austria, December 21, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 21, 2019, 13:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Salzburg, Austria, Austria
- Coordinates: 47.290832, 12.82611
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2908&lon=12.8261&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR missed approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100795
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA20WA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100795/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20WA104

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-IFR missed approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Austria has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a CIRRUS SR22 airplane that occurred on December 21, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Austria's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Austria.

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-EPRB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22 (T)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0013
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Reinhard BIALKE
- Registered owner: Reinhard BIALKE
- Departed: EDKB
- Destination: LOWZ

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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