# NTSB GAA26WA120: Beech B-60, N181BD, Egelsbach, Germany, February 28, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 28, 2026, 16:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Egelsbach, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220)
- 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): 202587
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202587/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA120

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B-60, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md?model=1153605), [All aircraft, 780 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech B-60, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1153605), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N181BD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N181BD), registered now, S/N P-563 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-60
- Registry model: [Beech B-60](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (registry code 1153605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P-563
- Damage: No damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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