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| Date: | Friday 6 January 1961 |
| Time: | c. 18:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
| Owner/operator: | Battenfeld Maschinenfabrik |
| Registration: | D-IBAD |
| MSN: | 27-142 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Börlinghausen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Amsterdam | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Hit powerlines, crashed and caught fire (1) while attempted to land at Flugplatz Meinerzhagen in drifting snow. Netherlands pilot and German co-pilot (24) killed. Passenger from UK seriously injured, died later. (1) Owner reported as "Deutsche Nah-Luftverkehrsgesellschaft" (Deutsche Nahluftverkehr)
Sources:
German Civil Aircraft Register
Honnefer Volkszeitung 7 January 1961, p8
(1) Deister-und Weserzeitung 7 January 1961, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2015 17:30 | TB | Added |
| 10-Apr-2024 09:30 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Apr-2025 19:43 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 03-May-2025 06:25 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jul-2025 17:59 | TB | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jul-2025 19:50 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jul-2025 18:39 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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