# NTSB GAA26WA227: Lake LA4, N9777, Egelsbach, Germany, June 24, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 24, 2026, 13:42 local (13:42 UTC)
- Place: Egelsbach, Germany
- 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: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 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): 203260
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA227
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203260/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA227

## 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: [Lake LA-4-200, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=5110310), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9777](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9777), registered now, S/N 471, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKE LA4
- Registry model: [Lake LA-4-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4-200) (registry code 5110310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b) (registry code 41819, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: 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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