Accident Cessna T303 Crusader N9645C,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41393
 
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Date:Friday 20 October 2000
Time:07:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic C303 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna T303 Crusader
Owner/operator:Paul Gessner
Registration: N9645C
MSN: T30300197
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Dossenheim -   Germany
Phase: Approach
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Regensburg
Destination airport:Mannheim
Investigating agency: BFU
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
For unknown reasons the pilot cancelled his IFR flightplan and continued VFR during an attempted ILS approach in IMC. Aircraft hit mountain east of airfield in controlled flight. Pilot (52) died 2 weeks later.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001220X45464
BFU, Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung, Braunschweig
Hamburger Abendblatt 21 October 2000

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Oct-2008 10:30 ASN archive Added
18-Aug-2011 06:17 Uli Elch Updated [Cn, Location]
18-Aug-2011 09:59 Uli Elch Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]
21-Dec-2016 19:23 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]
26-Feb-2018 14:10 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
26-Feb-2018 14:11 TB Updated [Location, Narrative]
25-Jan-2020 21:13 Uli Elch Updated [Other fatalities, Location]
28-Jul-2022 15:33 TB Updated [Other fatalities, Location]

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