Cirrus SR22 accident near Vienna, At, September 26, 2012
On September 26, 2012 at about 8:19 am local time, a Cirrus SR22, registered S5DIW, was substantially damaged in an accident near Vienna. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under non-U.S. private rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 26, 2012 · about 8:19 am local time
- Place
- Vienna, Austria
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cirrus SR22 · all SR22s on the register
- Registration
- S5DIW · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · non-U.S. private rules
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On September 26, 2012, at 0819 coordinated universal time, a Cirrus SR22, Slovenian registration S5-DIW, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing to Runway 29 at Vienna International Airport (LOWW), Vienna, Austria. The pilot and two passengers were not seriously injured. The flight originated from Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (LJLJ)Ljubljana, Slovenia, at an unknown time. The Austrian investigators reported that during landing, the airplane's left and right wings hit the ground and the landing gear collapsed. The airplane veered off the runway near taxiway A5. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austrian government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Austrian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: BMVIT – IIBAV/UUB/LF Federal Office of Transport Accident Investigation Branch, Department of Aviation Postfach 207, 1000 Wien Lohnergasse 9, 1210 Wien Austria
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.