Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 08 AUG 1996 |
| Time: | 09:40 |
| Type: | Dassault Falcon 10 |
| Operator: | Burda Holding |
| Registration: | D-CBUR |
| C/n / msn: | 98 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5797 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-2-1C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 7,2 km (4.5 mls) S of Offenburg Airport (Germany)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM), Germany |
| Offenburg Airport (EDTO), Germany |
Collided with a wooded hillside during a VFR descent through thick clouds. The aircraft was on approach to runway 02.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Der Unfall geschah, weil das Flugzeug während des Sinkfluges (beim IFR/VFR-Wechselverfahren) nach Sichtflugregeln (VFR) in
tiefhängende Wolken eingeflogen war und der Anflug nicht abgebrochen wurde." Sources:
» BFU id 3X327-0/96
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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 München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport to Offenburg Airport as the crow flies is 283 km (177 miles).
Distance from München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport to Offenburg Airport as the crow flies is 283 km (177 miles).
