Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 MAR 1982 |
| Time: | ca 18:00 |
| Type: | Dornier 228-100 |
| Operator: | Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH |
| Registration: | D-IFNS |
| C/n / msn: | 4358 |
| First flight: | 1981-03-28 (12 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 210 |
| Cycles: | 180 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Igenhausen (Germany)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (OBF/EDMO), Germany |
| Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (OBF/EDMO), Germany |
The Dornier 228-100 prototype, registration D-IFNS, was destroyed when it crashed during a test flight. All three crew members, a Dornier test pilot and two U.K. CAA pilots were killed in the accident.
The flight was part of the UK Civil Aviation Authority's certification programme for the type. It took off from Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (OBF) at 17:27. Nose-down trim was selected. The Dornier entered a steep dive from which the crew was not able to recover.
Events:
Sources:
» Flight International, 3 April 1982
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Oberpfaffenhofen Airport to Oberpfaffenhofen Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Oberpfaffenhofen Airport to Oberpfaffenhofen Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
