Date:	Saturday 17 July 2021
Time:	c. 09:45 LT
Type:	Piper PA-28RT-201T Turbo Arrow IV
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	D-EKFB
MSN:	28R-8131062
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	NW of Steinenbronn, Baden-Württemberg -   Germany
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS)
Destination airport:	Magdeburg Airport (ZMG/EDBM)
Investigating agency:	BFU
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft crashed shortly after take off (09:40) from runway 25 at Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS) into a heavily forested area NW of Steinenbronn.
The 62-year pilot, the 73-year co-pilot and the 63-year passenger (the wife of the co-pilot) were killed.
The co-pilot was an experienced aviator and worked as a flight instructor.

BFU Conclusions
The accident occurred as a result of a loss of control of the aircraft during manual piloting in clouds. Most likely, insufficient practice by the pilot in command to manually control the aircraft in a controlled manner in clouds led to the loss of control.

Weather reported about the accident time (0745Z):
EDDS 170750Z 33004KT 290V010 9000 FEW005 BKN007 17/15 Q1023 NOSIG
EDDS 170720Z 32006KT 290V360 7000 SCT005 OVC007 17/15 Q1023 NOSIG

https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/flugzeug-absturz-im-kreis-boeblingen-100.html
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/110974/4971116
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/baden-wuerttemberg-drei-tote-nach-absturz-mit-kleinflugzeug-a-282753f2-8a1c-4ffe-9566-2c48690dcb33#ref=rss
https://www.swp.de/blaulicht/reutlingen/unfall-steinenbronn-flugzeugabsturz-mit-drei-toten-im-kreis-boeblingen-58240547.html
https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.drei-tote-bei-steinenbronn-flugzeugabsturz-zwei-piloten-an-bord.ae21c6ce-7316-45c1-811c-7ce28c8b7942.html
Local Press/FBO

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jul-2021 12:50	Anon	Added
17-Jul-2021 13:02	harro	Updated [Departure airport, Narrative]
17-Jul-2021 13:05	harro	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative]
17-Jul-2021 14:51	gerard57	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
17-Jul-2021 15:59	EDDS_Flyer	Updated [Registration, Cn, Source]
17-Jul-2021 16:00	HdG	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Jul-2021 16:00	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn]
17-Jul-2021 19:45	Iceman 29	Updated [Category]
17-Jul-2021 19:53	Iceman 29	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Jul-2021 01:06	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative]
20-Jul-2021 18:23	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative]
18-May-2022 17:10	harro	Updated [Narrative, Accident report]