Accident Diamond DA42 Twin Star D-GLLL,
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Date:Tuesday 15 April 2008
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DA42 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Diamond DA42 Twin Star
Owner/operator:Laempe
Registration: D-GLLL
MSN: 42.248
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Jechtingen -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: BFU
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed in the vicinity of a very active thunderstorm. A lightning strike is suspected as possible circumstance as proposed by police officials. The crash was quite vertical and aircraft parts were reportedly found off the crash site.

Sources:

police official on TV interview
https://www.baden.fm/default.aspx?ID=2107&showNews=211228
Offical Report: https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlDE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2008/Bulletin2008-04.pdf?__blob=publicationFile (p. 11, German)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Apr-2008 08:25 flightsurgeon Added
18-Apr-2008 22:28 Bleiente Updated
15-May-2008 12:26 Fusko Updated
07-Apr-2015 12:59 Alpine Flight Updated [Cn, Phase, Narrative]
26-Nov-2015 11:11 dgger Updated [Source]

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