# Accident 20120301005019A: Cessna 750, Egelsbach, March 1, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2012, 18:06 local time
- Place: Egelsbach
- Airport: Frankfurt-Egelsbach
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 49.9611° N, 8.6436° E: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.9611&lon=8.6436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288CX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N288CX-2016-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 750 (registry code 2076810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-750) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-3007C1 (registry code 54168, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 750
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE 3007C1
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 4,580 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA12RA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12RA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120301005019A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

N288CX WAS CONDUCTING ITS FINAL APPROACH IN MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS AT NIGHT TO A VFR ONLY AIRFIELD, FRANKFURT-EGELSBACH AIRPORT RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED A CONTROLLED DESCENT INTO TREES AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES EAST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 27. BOTH CREW MEMBERS AND ALL 3 PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND A POST CRASH FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA12RA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12RA047), Mar 1, 2012: Cessna 750 (N288CX), Egelsbach, Germany, destroyed, 5 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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