Date:	Thursday 26 August 2010
Time:	13:09
Type:	Piper PA-32R-300 Cherokee Lance
Owner/operator:	Bodanair AG
Registration:	HB-PRE
MSN:	32R-7780071
Year of manufacture:	1976
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	About 600 metres west from Saanen Airport (LSGK) -   Switzerland
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Saanen Airport - LSGK
Destination airport:	Zürich - LSZH
Investigating agency:	BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The Piper Cheroke Lance took off from Saanen Airport (LSGK) but failed to gain height. It crashed about 600 metres west from the end of the runway end and caught fire.
All three occupants were killed.

http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-PRE.pdf
https://bazonline.ch/region/thun/Drei-Tote-bei-Flugzeugabsturz-in-Saanen/story/12550599
http://old.news.ch/Drei+Tote+bei+Flugzeugabsturz+in+Saanen/452965/detail.htm
http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2010/08/27/Schweiz/Flugzeugabsturz-in-Saanen-Maschine-gewann-kaum-an-Hoehe

http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6855192&nseq=0 (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Aug-2010 09:02	steinmann	Added
26-Aug-2010 10:04	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2010 10:52	Vaclav Kudela	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn]
26-Aug-2010 10:52	copi	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn]
26-Aug-2010 13:25	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative]
26-Aug-2010 13:26	Alpine Flight	Updated [Aircraft type]
26-Aug-2010 20:58	angels one five	Updated [Phase, Narrative]
26-Aug-2010 22:53	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Aug-2010 10:13	gerard57	Updated [Destination airport, Source]
28-Aug-2010 06:54	harro	Updated [Time, Nature, Destination airport, Source]