Date: | Thursday 1 March 2012 |
Time: | 18:58 |
Type: | Cessna 750 Citation X |
Owner/operator: | Asia Today Ltd. |
Registration: | N288CX |
MSN: | 750-0219 |
Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce AE3007C1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 4 km E of Egelsbach Airport -
Germany
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Linz-Blue Danube Airport (LNZ/LOWL) |
Destination airport: | Egelsbach Airfield (EDFE) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:A Cessna 750 Citation X corporate jet, N288CX, was destroyed in an accident near Egelsbach Airport, Germany. All five on board were killed.
The flight departed Linz Airport (LNZ), Austria on a flight to Egelsbach. The airplane was approaching runway 27 when the crew switched from IFR to VFR. Shortly afterwards the jet struck trees and came down in a wooded area. A fire erupted.
METAR:
17:20 UTC / 18:20 local time:
EDFE 011720Z 03003KT 4000 BR FEW008 09/08 Q1025
Wind 030 degrees at 3 knots; Visibility: 4000 m; Mist; few clouds, at 800 feet above aerodrome level; temperature 9°C, dew point 8°C; QNH 1025 mb
18:20 UTC / 19:20 local time:
EDFE 011820Z AUTO 06002KT //// R27/P2000N // /// 08/08 Q1025
Wind 060 degrees at 2 knots; Runway 27, touchdown zone visual range is more than 2000 meters; temperature 8°C, dew point 8°C; QNH 1025 mb
Sources:
Süddeutsche Zeitung RP-online BFU CX005-12
Location
Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM); November 2008
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