Date:	Tuesday 18 January 2011
Time:	16:49 LT
Type:	Piper PA-34-220T Seneca V
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	D-GXPA
MSN:	3449243
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Ballenstedt Airfield (EDCB) -   Germany
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Lübeck-Blankensee (EDHL)
Destination airport:	Ballenstedt (EDCB)
Investigating agency:	BFU
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Struck terrain on finals. The pilot misjudged his altitude while turning from base to finals. Also, the altimeter was set with wrong QNH setting, causing a 300 feet difference between altitude indactor and real altitude.

https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlcln_005/nn_223970/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2011/Bericht__11__3X001__PA34__Ballenstedt,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bericht_11_3X001_PA34_Ballenstedt.pdf

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1030502/ (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Mar-2011 15:43	harro	Added
21-Mar-2011 18:13	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Cn, Source, ]