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| Date: | Friday 21 August 1998 |
| Time: | 17:02 |
| Type: |  Extra EA-400 |
| Owner/operator: | Extra Aircraft |
| Registration: | D-EGBU |
| MSN: | 002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Hagen -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | EDLD |
| EDTD | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot (58) flew the aircraft in heavy rainshowers and storms and lost control during a flight from Dinslaken - EDLD to Donaueschingen - EDTD. The Extra 400 crashed and burned out.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlcln_030/nn_223970/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/1998/Bericht__3X329-0.98,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bericht_3X329-0.pdf
Borkener Zeitung 24 August 1998, p9
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2012 11:59 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 28-Oct-2014 22:17 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jul-2018 10:22 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Aug-2025 08:28 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
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