Narrative:A Cessna 208B Supervan 900 skydiving plane was damaged in a forced landing at Illertissen Airport, Germany.
The aircraft operated on a local training flight out of Illertissen when the right hand main landing gear broke during touch down. The pilot executed a go around and circled for about 45 minutes before performing a forced landing on the grass strip of Illertissen Airport.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BFU Germany  |
Status: | Investigation ongoing |
Accident number: | BFU17-0127-3X |
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Classification:
Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap
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Augsburger Allgemeine»
Südwest Presse
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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.