St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Liechtenstein Swaziland
Monday, August 6, 2012 15:40 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On August 6, 2012, at 1540 UTC, an Embraer 505 Phenom 300, Moroccan registration CN-MBR, owned and operated by Dalia Air, Morocco, was substantially damaged when it departed the runway and impacted a fence at the St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (LSZR), Liechtenstein, Switzerland. The two pilots and one passenger on board were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled cross-country flight departed Geneve-Cointrin Airport, Geneva, Switzerland, about 1500. The airplane landed on runway 10 but overshot the runway, broke through a fence and came to a standstill in a field. The reported weather at LSZR at the time of the accident was wind variable at 1 knot, 6,000 feet scattered, ceiling 8,000 feet broken, 10 miles visibility, light rain, temperature 18 degrees Celsius (C), dew point 16 degrees C, pressure 1017 mb. The flight control electronics and flap system parts were retained and tested at Parker Hannifin Corporation, Irvine, California, on January 16, 2013. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Switzerland. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from the Swiss Accident Investigation Board at: Swiss Accident Investigation Board Aviation Division Aeropole 1, Route de Morens, 1530 Payerne Switzerland Telephone: +41 26 662 33 33 Facsimile: +41 26 662 33 01 E-mail: info@sust.admin.ch

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/6/2012
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1540
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Liechtenstein
Event State --
Event Country SWAZILAND
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2012
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 472906N
Event Location Longitude 0093339E
Event Location Airport St. Gallen-Altenrhein
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 1305
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 1450 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID LSZR
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation UTC
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 8000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 6000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 18
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 16
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 1
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Swiss AAIB
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record May 30 2013 9:18AM
User who most recently changed record bowl
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number CEN12WA680
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name EMBRAER
Aircraft Model --
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 50500025
Certified Max Gross Weight 17529
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats 2
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 8
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Dalia Air
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City --
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country MO
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country MO
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code LSGG
Departure City Geneva
Departure State --
Departure Country SZ
Departure Time 1500
Departure Time Zone UTC
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City Liechtenstein
Destination State --
Destination Country SZ
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record May 30 2013 9:19AM
User who most recently changed record bowl
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 10R
Runway Length 4921
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --