Date:	Tuesday 27 August 2013
Time:	13:19 LT
Type:	Piper PA-28R-201 Arrow III
Owner/operator:	Flugbetriebs AG Sarnen-Kägiswil
Registration:	HB-PDC
MSN:	28R-7837269
Year of manufacture:	1978
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Ramersberg, Near Sarnen -   Switzerland
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	LSPG
Destination airport:	LEVC
Investigating agency:	SUST
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A Piper PA-28R-201 Arrow III impacted a wooded hillside at Ramersberg, killing one passenger and seriously injuring the pilot and the passenger on the rear seat.
During a VFR-flight the pilot could not avoid clouds, lost orientation, veered off-course to rising ground.

http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/newsticker/flugzeug-im-kanton-obwalden-abgestuerzt-1.18140026
http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/zentralschweiz/story/Flugzeug-stuerzt-in-Wald-bei-Sarnen---ein-Toter-26008203
http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/zentralschweiz/obwalden/Flugzeug-oberhalb-von-Sarnen;art95,287083
Official statement by the operator: https://www.motorfliegen.ch/index.php/news-2/7-news-public/165-unfall-hb-pdc
Webcam picture of a/c before departure: https://www.webcam-4insiders.com/pictures/original/2-1868-2013-0827/Wetter-Webcam-Sarnen--1868_1377601863.jpg
Official priliminary report by Swiss authorities: http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte/HB-PDC.pdf
Final report by Swiss authorities: http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte//2251.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Aug-2013 15:42	mcantsin	Added
27-Aug-2013 15:43	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ]
27-Aug-2013 15:43	harro	Updated [Other fatalities, ]
27-Aug-2013 16:06	mcantsin	Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, ]
27-Aug-2013 16:07	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
27-Aug-2013 16:28	Alpine Flight	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative, ]
27-Aug-2013 19:33	mcantsin	Updated [Source, ]
28-Aug-2013 14:31	mcantsin	Updated [Time, Total occupants, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
26-Oct-2015 17:34	sparrow9	Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
17-May-2022 18:32	harro	Updated [Accident report, ]