Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Sunday 22 December 1991 |
Time: | 11:37 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3A |
Operator: | Classic Wings |
Registration: | D-CCCC |
MSN: | 7353 |
First flight: | 1942 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 29 |
Total: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 32 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim ( Germany)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Egelsbach Airfield (EDFE), Germany |
Destination airport: | Egelsbach Airfield (EDFE), Germany |
Narrative:Struck a tree-covered hill, Hoher Nistler, in low clouds during a left turn. The aircraft had encountered turbulence and IMC, so a standard left turn was initiated.
Factors were poor airmanship, lack of crew coordination and an exceeded maximum takeoff weight and center of gravity.
Classification:
Centre of Gravity outside limits
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/92 (#19)
» Scramble 152
» Tagesschau
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accident date:
22-12-1991type: Douglas DC-3A
registration: D-CCCC
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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.