ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237063
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 2020 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-GEMZ |
| MSN: | 3448006 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Reinsfeld -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Marl-Loemühle Airfield (EDLM) |
| Colmar (F) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III broke up in flight and crashed.
The pilot died in the crash.
BFU Conclusions
The accident was due to flying into or cutting into a shower cell with heavy rain and heavy turbulence during instrument flight in clouds. This overloaded the structure of the aircraft and caused it to break up in the air.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/trier/pilot-sirbt-bei-flugzeugabsturz-in-reinsfeld-100.html
https://www.sol.de/news/update/News-Update,478022/Reinsfeld-Flugzeugabsturz-Pilot-stirbt,478164
https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/region/aus-den-lokalredaktionen/nahe-zeitung_artikel,-flugzeugunglueck-im-hochwald-49jaehriger-cessnapilot-stirbt-bei-absturz-_arid,2132234.html
http://lokalo.de/artikel/198179/aktuell-flugzeug-stuerzt-in-waldgebiet-bei-reinsfeld-ab-pilot-tot/
https://www.24vest.de/recklinghausen/recklinghausen-flugzeugabsturz-rheinland-plaz-pilot-stirbt-13801940.html
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/24896_1575141276.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2020 12:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Jun-2020 16:16 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2020 00:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2020 05:40 | aurora | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source] |
| 18-Jun-2020 05:44 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2020 06:19 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2020 10:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2020 05:45 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 18-May-2022 17:12 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report] |
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