Piper PA28 S5-DES

Summary

On 1 September 2016 at about 15:45 local time, a Piper PA28 registered S5-DES was involved in an accident near Bovec, Slovenia. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 September 2016 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Bovec, Slovenia

Coordinates

46.3053, 13.6067

Aircraft

Piper PA28

Registration

S5-DES

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

CEN16WA371

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On September 1, 2016, about 1545 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-28-161, Slovenia-registration S5-DES, was destroyed when it crashed into mountainous terrain near Bovec, Slovenia. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated from Bovec Airfield (LJBO), Bovec, Slovenia, and was destined for Ljubljana Airport (LJLJ), Ljubljana, Slovenia. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Republic of Slovenia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Service, Republic of Slovenia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Service, Ministry of Infrastructure Republic of Slovenia Langusova 4 1535 Ljubijana, Slovenia.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.