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| Date: | Monday 24 January 1994 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Cessna 425 Conquest I |
| Owner/operator: | Aerowest Flug Center |
| Registration: | D-IEFW |
| MSN: | 425-0228 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Altenrhein -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Prague |
| Altenrhein (LSZR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ditched into Lake Constance (Bodensee) about five kms off Rorschach. Three bodies recovered, two bodies not found.
Note: aircraft lifted from the 160 meters depth water, 7 FEB. Wreckage sold for 103,000 DM and stripped for spares at Friedrichshafen (Weser-Kurier 12 April 1994, p12 (photo))
Sources:
- BFU
Hamburger Abendblatt 26 January/8 February 1994/6 April 1994, p8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jun-2013 17:45 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jun-2013 17:45 | Uli Elch | Updated |
| 24-Jan-2014 07:14 | harro | Updated [Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2017 13:49 | TB | Updated [Cn, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Nov-2017 21:41 | wf | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 24-Feb-2018 12:09 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Mar-2018 14:03 | TB | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 02-Jan-2019 12:22 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jun-2025 18:45 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jun-2025 19:01 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2025 12:09 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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