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| Date: | Monday 19 January 2009 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne IIIA |
| Owner/operator: | Heli-Flight |
| Registration: | D-IDIA |
| MSN: | 42-5501055 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Falkenstein/Taunus (Hessen), near Feldberg -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
| Reichelsheim (EDFB) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Flew into mountainous terrain at 480 m/ 1570 ft altitude under VFR-Rules in very poor weather conditions, 5000 m south-southeast of Feldberg mountain (880 m/ 2890 ft). The pilot was the only occupant.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlcln_030/nn_223970/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2009/Bericht__09__3X004__PA42__K_C3_B6nigstein__CFIT,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bericht_09_3X004_PA42_K%C3%B6nigstein_CFIT.pdf
http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/nachrichten/indexhessen34938.jsp?key=standard_document_36199182&rubrik=36082&seite=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2009 21:00 | paridom | Added |
| 20-Jan-2009 01:56 | Vaclav Kudela | Updated |
| 08-May-2012 12:14 | harro | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 30-Dec-2016 18:12 | Uli Elch | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2019 20:44 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2019 20:45 | Uli Elch | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 25-Jan-2020 14:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Jan-2020 14:29 | Anon. | Updated [Location, ] |
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