# NTSB GAA23WA153: Avions Robin DR400, Les Ponts-de-Martel, Switzerland, May 20, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 20, 2023, 08:31 local (08:31 UTC)
- Place: Les Ponts-de-Martel, Switzerland
- Coordinates: 46.986333, 6.685195
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9863&lon=6.6852&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- 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): 192226
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192226/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA153

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-EQD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AVIONS ROBIN DR400 (180R)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1564
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Aéro-Club des Montagnes Neuchâteloises
- Registered owner: Aéro-Club des Montagnes Neuchâteloises
- Departed: LSGC, La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Airport: LSGC, Aéroport Les Eplatures

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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