Accident Diamond DA42 Twin Star HB-LUY, Monday 28 May 2012
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Date:Monday 28 May 2012
Time:c. 13:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic DA42 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Diamond DA42 Twin Star
Owner/operator:Twin Club
Registration: HB-LUY
MSN: 42.196
Year of manufacture:2006
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Spornitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern -   Germany
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Private
Departure airport:EDOP
Destination airport:LFSB
Investigating agency: BFU
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The pilot of a Diamond DA42 Twin Star reported technical problems shortly after takeoff from Schwerin-Parchim Airport - EDOP and crashed in a wooded area near Spornitz, about 2km from the airport.

The co-pilot and a woman were killed. The pilot and another passenger on board were seriously injured and taken to a hospital by helicopter after being freed from the wreckage by rescue workers.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BFU
Report number: BFU CX009-12
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/two-killed-as-small-plane-crashes-in-germany-7793899.html
https://www.emirates247.com/news/world/2-killed-as-small-plane-crashes-in-germany-2012-05-28-1.460585
http://www.20min.ch/ausland/news/story/Dritter-Schweizer-schwebt-in-Lebensgefahr-12104913

http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/000/522/522166.jpg (photo)

Accident report - page 61 (in german):
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlDE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2012/Bulletin2012-05.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-May-2012 09:33 gerard57 Added
28-May-2012 10:48 Alpine Flight Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
28-May-2012 11:11 PC12 Updated [Time, ]
28-May-2012 11:39 charly1150 Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, ]
28-May-2012 11:40 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ]
28-May-2012 13:11 Anon. Updated [Time, Source, ]
29-May-2012 00:59 Anon. Updated [Registration, Cn, ]
29-May-2012 02:27 RobertMB Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Aug-2012 12:02 gnomy Updated [Narrative, ]
08-Sep-2012 10:32 Anon. Updated [Source, ]
18-Dec-2012 11:49 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
10-Feb-2018 19:40 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative, ]
04-Jul-2022 21:18 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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