ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151099
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| Date: | Saturday 8 December 2012 |
| Time: | 16:04 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-EUEU |
| MSN: | 32-8106068 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Wölfersheim, Hessen -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | EDLS |
| EDFC | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga (D-EUEU) and a Robin DR.400 (D-EHJP) both crashed following a mid-air collision near Wölfersheim, Hessen, Germany.
All five occupants of the Saratoga and all three aboard the DR.400 were killed.
The Piper Saratoga was traveling on a south-easterly course at an altitude of about 3000 feet. The Robin came from the west and executed a right turn. Then both aircraft collided at a sharp angle and crashed.
Causes (BFU):
The accident is due to the fact that the pilots of both aircraft did not perceive the approach of the conflict traffic or did not perceive it in time.
Contributing to the accident:
- an approach of the two aircraft to each other in the form of a standing bearing,
- a glare of the pilot of the PA 32 by the low sun,
- orographical restrictions on the visibility of the two aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.wetterauer-zeitung.de/Home/Kreis/Staedte-und-Gemeinden/Woelfersheim/Artikel,-Absturzbericht-66-Sekunden-bis-zum-Inferno-_arid,407878_regid,3_puid,1_pageid,76.html
http://www.retter.tv/de/weitere-organisationen.html?ereig=-Hessen-Zwei-Flugzeuge-kollidieren-in-der-Luft-acht-Menschen-sterben-&ereignis=16147
http://www.fr-online.de/rhein-main/flugzeugabsturz-vier-tote-nach-flugzeugabsturz-noerdlich-von-frankfurt,1472796,21063148.html
https://www.bild.de/news/inland/flugzeugabsturz/flugzeugabsturz-in-hessen-27582202.bild.html
http://www.flugzeugbilder.de/show.php?id=617176 (Picture)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2012 12:17 | Vaclav Kudela | Added |
| 08-Dec-2012 12:18 | Vaclav Kudela | Updated [Registration] |
| 08-Dec-2012 13:33 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2012 13:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2012 13:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2012 14:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2012 05:03 | Kaminkatze | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Dec-2012 06:01 | Vaclav Kudela | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 09-Dec-2012 06:33 | Caddy58 | Updated [Registration] |
| 09-Dec-2012 06:34 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport] |
| 09-Dec-2012 07:05 | gnomy | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 09-Dec-2012 07:19 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Dec-2012 07:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2012 03:53 | harro | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2013 11:54 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Jun-2019 10:19 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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