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Date: | Friday 7 August 2009 |
Time: | 19:44 LT |
Type: | AutoGyro MT 03 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | D-MTUK |
MSN: | D04 G09 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Eddigehausen near Göttingen (Niedersachsen) -
Germany
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Northeim (EDVN) |
Destination airport: | Northeim (EDVN) |
Investigating agency: | BFU |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The gyrocopter, an Autogyro MT-03, later modified to a MTOSport, departed Northeim airfield at c. 19:32 for a scenic flight. After circling the nearby Plesse castle ruin, located at a hill top, in low altitude, the airplane hit the top of a high tree and crashed into the forested area. The 56-year old pilot and his 50-year old passenger were killed.
Preliminary investigations by the German air accident investigation board (BFU) revealed that the gyrocopter was overloaded by 54 kgs and top-heavy. Additionally the pilot was possibly dazzled by the low-standing sun at the time of the accident. There was no indication of a technical failure.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BFU |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
http://www1.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/gyrocopter102.html http://www.hna.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/sonne-blendete-piloten-585031.html (photo)
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlcln_005/nn_223968/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2009/Bulletin2009-08,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bulletin2009-08.pdf (BFU preliminary report, in German)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Aug-2009 11:39 |
Bleiente |
Added |
08-Aug-2009 11:44 |
harro |
Updated |
17-Mar-2010 06:52 |
JahnHo |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Oct-2019 11:11 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |