ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246178
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 December 2020 |
| Time: | c. 17:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna F172M Skyhawk (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Fliegerverein München e.V. |
| Registration: | D-EGIR |
| MSN: | F17201360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Pegnitz, Bayreuth region -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Landshut Airfield (EDML) |
| Kulmbach Airfield (EDQK) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot had taken off with the aircraft at Landshut Airfield shortly after 16:00. About 50 minutes later, the aircraft hit the ground about 120 km north of the departure airfield near the town of Pegnitz
The pilot (28) died in the crash and the aircraft was destroyed.
Conclusions
The accident was due to the pilot flying the aircraft into hilly terrain as a result of marginal weather conditions and colliding with it.
The following factors contributed to the accident:
- The decision to continue the flight beyond dusk.
- Not aborting the flight and flying to and landing at a suitable alternate airfield
- The pilot's limited flight experience
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bild.de/news/inland/news-inland/kleinflugzeug-abgestuerzt-28-jaehriger-pilot-stirbt-74611072.bild.html
https://www.radio-plassenburg.de/flugzeug-bei-pegnitz-abgestuerzt-junger-pilot-aus-muenchen-stirb-in-den-truemmern-6880348/#
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/48639_1601076340.jpg (photo)
https://www.planespotters.net/photo/1003033/d-egir-private-reims-cessna-f172m-skyhawk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2020 08:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Dec-2020 11:24 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Destination airport, Source] |
| 24-Dec-2020 12:22 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2020 15:45 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 24-Dec-2020 18:57 | RobertMB | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 24-Dec-2020 19:25 | DSC | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Dec-2020 19:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2020 19:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2020 16:06 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 27-Dec-2020 00:22 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 27-Dec-2020 09:34 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2020 10:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2020 12:48 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2020 13:16 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2023 09:10 | harro | Updated [[Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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