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Vienna International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Schwechat Australia
Friday, January 11, 2013 16:16 UTC
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On January 11, 2013, about 1616 hours universal coordinated time, a Piper PA46-500TP, United States registration N391CC, deviated from the assigned altitude during an instrument approach to the Vienna International Airport (LOWW), Schwechat, Austria. Air traffic controllers alerted the pilot to the deviation and the flight subsequently landed without further incident. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated from the Zagreb/Pleso Airport (LDZA), Pleso, Croatia. The intended destination was Vöslau-Kottingbrunn Airfield (LOAV), Bad Voslau, Austria.
The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austria Accident Investigation Branch. This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Austria.
Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:
Federal Office of Transport
Accident Investigation Branch/Dept. Aviation
P.O. Box 3000
Lohnergasse 9
A-1210 Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43(1) 27760-7700
Website: http://www.bmvit.gv.at
Email: fus@bmvit.gv.at
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 1/11/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1616 |
| Event Time Zone | Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Event City | Schwechat |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | AUSTRALIA |
| Zipcode of the event site | -- |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 480601N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0163411E |
| Event Location Airport | Vienna International |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | LOWW |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 10 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 600 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | -- |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | -- |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| 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 | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | Foreign |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | ICAO Notification -- Austria |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 25 2013 3:44PM |
| User who most recently changed record | bowl |
| Basic weather conditions | -- |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
|
|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N391CC |
| NTSB Number | CEN13WA154 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Non-U.S., Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Unknown |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA46 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 500TP |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 4697147 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 4850 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Dereham Norfolk |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | UK |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | NR20 3JS |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Rio Rancho |
| Operator State | NM |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 87144-5394 |
| 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 | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | International |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | LDZA |
| Departure City | Zagreb |
| Departure State | -- |
| Departure Country | HR |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | -- |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | LOAV |
| Destination City | Bad Voslau |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | AU |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 11 2013 12:39PM |
| User who most recently changed record | sort |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 34 |
| Runway Length | 11811 |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |