# NTSB GAA26WA236: Pilatus PC6, Tomblaine, France, June 28, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 28, 2026, 10:57 local (08:57 UTC)
- Place: Tomblaine, France
- Coordinates: 48.684771, 6.226578
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6848&lon=6.2266&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: 11 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Hartzell Propeller Inc., BEA, FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203296
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203296/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA236

## 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: D-FIPS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS PC6 (B2H4)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 874
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Skydiving, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: LFSN, Nancy–Essey Airport, runway 21, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Observed at: LFSO, 12 nm away
- METAR: METAR LFSO 280900Z AUTO 24011KT 210V270 CAVOK 30/17 Q1021

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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