Little Eagle LE500 B-9246

Summary

On 15 September 2016 at about 03:08 local time, a Little Eagle LE500 registered B-9246 was involved in an accident near Shijiazhuang City, China. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 September 2016 at 03:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Shijiazhuang City, China

Coordinates

37.9042, 114.5947

Aircraft

Little Eagle LE500

Registration

B-9246

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

WPR16WA186

4 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 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

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.