Date:	Saturday 20 July 2019
Time:	13:00
Type:	SAN Jodel DR.1050 Ambassadeur
Owner/operator:	Jodel Flugbetrieb GmbH (Dachau)
Registration:	D-ETOI
MSN:	483
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Bruchsal Airfield (EDTC) -   Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Attendorn-Finnentrop
Destination airport:	Dachau-Gröbenried
Investigating agency:	BFU
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Crashed when the pilot aborted the approach to land at Bruchsal Airfield. The aircraft stalled and impacted a building.
The three occupants of the plane died in the crash. There were no fatalities on the ground.

Conclusions
The accident in which the airplane entered a stalled flight condition at low altitude, subsequently banked over the left wing and crashed into the wall of a building, was due to the following causes:
- apparently physical condition problems of the 80 years old pilot
- Unstabilized and short final approach.
- Failure to maintain the required speed on approach and on takeoff.
- Engine power was increased too late.
Contributing factors
- The published aerodrome circuit was not used.

Aircraft was built 1964, rgd as D-EARL 31JUL64, Had minor accidents on 25MAR73 and 11JUN73 and a severe one at Dahlemer Binz on 22JUL83 and was cancelled AUG83. Rebuilt 1995 and rgd as D-ETOI on 09JAN96, based at Dachau.

Cancelled 07JAN20.

https://www.bild.de/regional/stuttgart/stuttgart-aktuell/bruchsaal-flugzeug-stuerzt-auf-baumarkt-gelaende-mehrere-tote-63420134.bild.html
https://web.de/magazine/panorama/kleinflugzeug-inbruchsal-abgestuerzt-tote-33863050
https://www.flugzeugbilder.de/v3/show.php?id=1145502

BFU 19-0592-3X
Files of reg office LBA

Flugzeug kracht gegen Baumarkt: Erste Erkenntnisse zur Ursache für Unglück in Bruchsal https://t.co/BUjN9PwFIq pic.twitter.com/J8HCuRWR5G

— StN_News (@StN_News) July 20, 2019

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Jul-2019 12:46	gerard57	Added
20-Jul-2019 13:33	Geno	Updated [Location, Source, ]
20-Jul-2019 14:01	gerard57	Updated [Location, ]
20-Jul-2019 14:29	gerard57	Updated [Phase, Narrative, ]
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