ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323110
Date: | Thursday 14 February 2002 |
Time: | 17:20 |
Type: | Beechcraft 300LW Super King Air |
Owner/operator: | Kronospan GmbH |
Registration: | D-ICBC |
MSN: | FA-227 |
Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4141 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sarsura Glacier, near Zernez -
Switzerland
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Poznan-Lawica Airport (POZ/EPPO) |
Destination airport: | St. Moritz-Samedan Airport (SMV/LSZS) |
Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Crashed into the Sarsura Glacier at an altitude of 9640 feet, while on approach to runway 21 at St. Moritz-Samedan, Switzerland (SMV). Both occupants were killed and the aircraft completely destroyed.
CAUSES:
The accident was due to the fact that the crew of the aircraft D-ICBC lost spatial orientation during the approach under visual flight rules at the airport of Samedan in critical weather conditions and using an unsuitable flight tactics causing the plane to collide with the terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
Report number: | No. 1874 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 years and 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
BFU Location
Images:
photo (c) Stefan Hoellering; Augsburg-Mühlhausen Airport (EDII); 19 June 1999
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