Incident Piper PA-23-160 Apache E D-GARY,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184029
 
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Date:Saturday 11 May 1968
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA23 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-23-160 Apache E
Owner/operator:unknown
Registration: D-GARY
MSN: 23-1435
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Köln-Bonn (EDDK) (NRW) -   Germany
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Köln-Bonn (EDDK)
Destination airport:Saarbrücken (EDRS)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The aircraft was ready for a ferry flight to EDRS (now EDDR). However, JetA1 was used instead of Avgas, which led to the loss of both engines right after take off.

Sources:

Personal acquaintance
German Civil Register

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Jan-2016 19:20 TB Added
22-Aug-2018 18:05 Klmarx Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-May-2019 20:37 TB Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source]
29-Oct-2019 18:32 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport]
11-May-2020 05:59 klmarx Updated [Total occupants]

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