# NTSB WPR16WA186: Little Eagle LE500, Shijiazhuang City, China, September 15, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 15, 2016, 03:08 local (03:08 UTC)
- Place: Shijiazhuang City, China
- Coordinates: 37.904167, 114.594718 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9042&lon=114.5947&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: CAAC, Lycoming Engines
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94043
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR16WA186
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94043/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16WA186

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: 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)

## Factual narrative

On September 15, 2016, about 0308 Universal Time, a Little Eagle LE500 single-engine airplane, Chinese registration B-9246, impacted flat terrain about 1,640 feet from the approach end of runway 18, at the Luan Cheng General Aviation Airport, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, P.R. China. The pilot and 3 passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed in a post crash fire. The flight was an exhibition flight that had remained in the pattern at the airport, and had been airborne about 10 minutes when the pilot radioed that there was a malfunction. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is investigating the accident. As the State of Manufacture of the engine, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has designated a United States accredited representative to assist the CAAC in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the CAAC: Civil Aivation Administration of China (CAAC) Aircraft Accident Investigation Division Northern Regional Administration China Tel: +86--0311-8802-7730

## Aircraft

- Registration: B-9246 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LITTLE EAGLE LE500
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground

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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