Date:	Tuesday 4 March 2025
Time:	c. 13:30 LT
Type:	Gulfstream American AA-5B Tiger
Owner/operator:	Takeoff-LU SC
Registration:	LX-ARA
MSN:	AA5B-1203
Year of manufacture:	1979
Total airframe hrs:	4836 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-A4A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Zell Am See Airport (LOWZ), Zell am See, Salzburg -   Austria
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Banja Luka Airport (BNX/LQBK)
Destination airport:	Zell Am See Airport (LOWZ)
Investigating agency:	UUS Austria
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Gulfstream American AA-5B Tiger crashed during the approach in a field about 200m from runway 08 of Zell Am See Airport (LOWZ), Zell am See, Salzburg.
The pilot perished and the aircraft was written off.

The aircraft operated on a flight from Banja Luka to Luxembourg, with a planned fuel stop in Zell am See. While approaching runway 07, the aircraft was flying too low. The pilot likely attempted a go-around, applying full power abruptly while flying slow and with flaps extended.
This caused the aircraft to pitch up and roll uncontrollably over the left wing, entering a spin and crashing near the runway.

Probable causes
- Loss of control in flight (LOC-I)

Probable factors
- Low approach speed and altitude above ground
- Suddenly initiated power input to the engine

https://salzburg.orf.at/stories/3295601/
https://www.salzburg24.at/news/salzburg/pinzgau/flugzeug-in-zell-am-see-abgestuerzt-pilot-tot-174598390
https://www.krone.at/3713080
https://www.kleinezeitung.at/oesterreich/19433745/salzburg-kleinflugzeug-zell-am-see-abgestuerzt

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/LXARA

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/960163_1680647925.jpg (photo)

Ex OO-ARA, (OO-RTJ)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Mar-2025 14:39	andi00	Added
04-Mar-2025 14:41	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
04-Mar-2025 14:46	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
04-Mar-2025 14:55	Anon.	Updated [Registration, Source, ]
04-Mar-2025 14:56	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
04-Mar-2025 14:58	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
04-Mar-2025 15:26	ASN	Updated [Embed code, ]
04-Mar-2025 16:38	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ]
12-Jul-2025 08:32	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]
12-Jul-2025 08:33	ASN	Updated