Date:	Saturday 5 May 2001
Time:	16:31
Type:	Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS
Owner/operator:	Biotronik Max Schaldach
Registration:	D-IMAY
MSN:	42-5527024
Year of manufacture:	1985
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	5 km from Nürnberg Airport (NUE) -   Germany
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Nürnberg Airport (NUE/EDDN)
Destination airport:	Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH)
Investigating agency:	BFU
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
After take-off, the aircraft was seen in a steep climb, before it entered the clouds at 1800 ft. The radar plot showed that the a/c, which was cleared to FL130, discontinued the climb at FL45 and went into a steep descent. Thereafter, FL47 was reached once again, before a second steep descent. The aircraft impacted the ground 5 km from the airport

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Hamburger Abendblatt 7 May 2001
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