# NTSB GAA25WA082: Piper PA-34-220T, N666NN, Braunschweig, Germany, February 3, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 3, 2025
- Place: Braunschweig, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 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): 199657
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199657/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA082

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-34-220T, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md?model=7103420), [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N666NN](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N666NN-2026-02-14), registration cancelled 2026-02-14, S/N 3449226, built 2001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-34-220T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-220T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (registry code 7103223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360-RB](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-rb) (registry code 17303, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3449226
- Year built: 2001
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot

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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