ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188656
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| Date: | 14-JUL-2016 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R-301T Saratoga II TC |
| Owner/operator: | Kurtz Enterprises Ltd |
| Registration: | N710CC |
| C/n / msn: | 3257358 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ajdovščina, Goriška -
 Slovenia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Venice, Italy |
| Leipzig, Germany |
Four persons (Germans) died when an US-registered Piper PA-32 plane crashed in Slovenia. Weather (icing) may have been a factor to the accident. Founder and owner of internet firm Unister Thomas Wagner (38year old) confirmed as being among them.
Causes
• Indirect cause
‒ Impact of the aircraft with the terrain as a result of loss of control due to structural failure of the horizontal stabilizer in flight, which failed due to onset of flutter during change of flight elements in the area of unstable weather conditions and moderate icing.
• Direct cause
‒ Pilot decision to deviate from planned flight which resulted in the entry of adverse weather area with moderate icing.
Sources:
https://english.sta.si/2284246/three-feared-dead-in-fatal-crash-of-us-registered-plane
https://www.zurnal24.si/slovenija/crna-kronika/pri-ajdovscini-strmoglavilo-letalo-stirje-mrtvi-274358
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n710cc/#a55605c
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-crash-idUSKCN0ZU1EA?rpc=401
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=710CC
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unister-internetmillionaer-bei-flugzeugabsturz-ums-leben-gekommen-a-1103086.html
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8196068
https://www.thelocal.de/20160715/german-tech-millionaire-dies-in-slovenia-plane-crash
https://www.gov.si/assets/ministrstva/MzI/Dokumenti/letalstvo/porocila-2016/Final-report-N710CC.pdf
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2016 11:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Jul-2016 12:12 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 14-Jul-2016 12:14 | harro | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 14-Jul-2016 12:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2016 13:18 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2016 15:58 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Jul-2016 19:27 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Jul-2016 18:07 | Panagiotis A.Pietris | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2020 17:33 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2020 17:33 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Accident report] |
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