# NTSB GAA22WA304: Cessna 172RG, N16ED, Paderborn, Germany, February 12, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 12, 2022, 15:57 local (14:57 UTC)
- Place: Paderborn, Germany
- Coordinates: 51.687294, 8.773321
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=51.6873&lon=8.7733&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA304
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106136/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA304

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172RG, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072438), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N16ED](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16ED), registered now, S/N 172RG1189, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-360-A1D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (registry code 41504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG1189
- Year built: 1985
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

## Other investigations on N16ED (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA94LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA008), Oct 5, 1993: Cessna 172RG (N16ED), Corvallis, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE CFI'S INADEQUATE IN-FLIGHT PLANNING, AND HIS INADVERTENT GEAR-UP LANDING. FACTORS INCLUDE THE CFI'S DIVERTED ATTENTION.

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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