# NTSB GAA26WA248: North American T28, N728NA, Limburghof, Germany, May 16, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 16, 2026, 09:30 local (09:30 UTC)
- Place: Limburghof, 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: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 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): 203346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA248
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203346/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA248

## 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: [North American T-28A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=6402504), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N728NA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N728NA), registered now, S/N 49-1630 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN T28
- Registry model: [North American T-28A](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28a) (registry code 6402504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Wright R-1300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1300-series) (registry code 67060, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- 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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