Date: | Sunday 13 November 1988 |
Time: | 13:55 |
Type: | Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I |
Owner/operator: | S. Lubbezoo |
Registration: | N750BR |
MSN: | 99 |
Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Niedernberg -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Rotterdam Airport (RTM/EHRD) |
Destination airport: | Thessaloniki Airport (SKG/LGTS) |
Narrative:In cruise the right engine failed and the propeller feathered automatically. During descent for a precautionary landing, power was restored but the engine stopped again. At 6000 ft the left engine failed. The pilot force landed wheels-up on a nearby field.
It appeared the fuel system of the aircraft was contaminated.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/93
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF); July 1988
photo (c) Gerhard Plomitzer; Nürnberg Airport (NUE/EDDN); 13 December 1987
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