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| Date: | Friday 13 November 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-5 Traveler |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-EEHJ |
| MSN: | AA5-0287 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Leer-Papenburg Airport -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | EDKB |
| EDWJ | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had to divert to Leer-Papenburg - EDWF on a flight from Bonn-Hangelar - EDKB to Juist - EDWJ because of the bad weather. During approach to the airfield the aircraft collided with a tower and crashed into a stable killing the pilot (61) and two passengers.
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__3X379-0.98,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bericht_3X379-0.pdf
Hamburger Abendblatt 14 November 1998
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2012 04:00 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 24-May-2015 05:59 | copi | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 13-Mar-2018 18:21 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 13-Mar-2018 18:22 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 17-Mar-2019 21:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jun-2022 09:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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