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| Date: | Tuesday 27 August 2013 |
| Time: | c. 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R-301T Turbo Saratoga SP |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-EERB |
| MSN: | 32R-8129099 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SW Wickede (Ruhr), Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Langeoog Airfield (LGO/EDWL) |
| Arnsberg-Menden Airfield (EDLA) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Piper PA-32R-301T Turbo Saratoga SP crashed in a field southwest of Wickede (Ruhr), Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Five occupants perished and three children survived the accident with serious injuries and the aircraft ended up on its back and was destroyed.
According to the German BFU the aircraft crashed on a meadow close to Ruhr river, between Fröndenberg and Wickede, about 1,3 NM W of Arnsberg aerodrome due to fuel exhaustion.
There was no fuel left in the plane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.wlz-online.de/panorama/fuenf-tote-flugzeugabsturz-ruhr-5580327.html
https://www.soester-anzeiger.de/lokales/wickede/sportflugzeug-suedwestlich-wickede-abgestuerzt-3079644.html
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2013/FBericht_13_3X117_PA32_Arnsberg-Menden.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
History of this aircraft
Ex LX-FCA, N8430H
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2013 17:56 | devastato | Added |
| 27-Aug-2013 17:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 27-Aug-2013 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2013 18:10 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2013 18:35 | devastato | Updated [Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2013 19:05 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 27-Aug-2013 20:00 | Uli Elch | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2013 20:05 | Anon. | Updated [Location, ] |
| 28-Aug-2013 09:51 | tomcat | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-Aug-2013 17:31 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Aug-2017 17:20 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 29-Nov-2018 13:34 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Apr-2024 09:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 04-Apr-2024 09:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, ] |
| 04-Apr-2024 09:12 | Uli Elch | Updated [Phase, ] |
| 04-Apr-2024 09:14 | Uli Elch | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Apr-2024 09:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, ] |
| 14-May-2024 07:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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