# NTSB GAA24WA111: Mooney M20R, N333YC, Eschbach, Germany, February 25, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 25, 2024, 15:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Eschbach, Germany
- Coordinates: 47.903308, 7.621651 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9033&lon=7.6217&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- 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
- Parties: German BFU
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193924
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193924/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA111

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Mooney M20R, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=5870225), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N333YC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333YC), registered now, S/N 29-0497, built 2008 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Registry model: [Mooney M20R](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (registry code 5870225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550-G](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-g) (registry code 17213, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29-0497
- Year built: 2008
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airport: Bremgarten

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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