ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173297
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| Date: | Monday 26 January 2015 |
| Time: | 11:32 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-GHFW |
| MSN: | 30-1326 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dannenfels -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Annemasse Aerodrome, Annemasse, France (LFLI) |
| Mainz Finthen Airport, Mainz, Germany (EDFZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B was destroyed when it impacted high ground during a descent towards Mainz Finthen Airport, Germany. The pilot was killed.
BFU Conclusions:
The aircraft accident is due to the fact that the descent to the destination airport was carried out under highly restricted visual flight conditions or in IMC. The pilot had descended below the minimum safety height without a view of the ground. There was a collision with a tree and as a result the aircraft crashed.
The event was possibly favoured by time pressure, misjudgement of the current weather and an unfavourable arrangement of the instruments in the cockpit.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2015/Bericht_15-0085-3X_PA30_Donnersberg.pdf;jsessionid=2C6E55151C56CE23DB86B84873E66E14.live11294?__blob=publicationFile
2. https://www.focus.de/regional/mainz/notfaelle-abgestuerztes-kleinflugzeug-entdeckt_id_4432078.html
3. https://www.flightradar24.com//data/airplanes/d-ghfw#55d427c
NTSB
5. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/D-GHFW.html
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1415620
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2015 18:30 | gnomy | Added |
| 26-Jan-2015 19:08 | gnomy | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 26-Jan-2015 19:09 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2015 12:39 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2015 07:07 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Damage] |
| 28-Feb-2016 20:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2017 22:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2017 08:53 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2017 09:51 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2018 10:08 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location] |
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