- Date
- January 19, 2009, 11:40 local (11:40 UTC)
- Place
- Konigstein, Germany
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- DIDIAPiper PA-42-720
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- German BFU
- Case key
- 73259
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Probable cause
This is under the jurisdiction and control of the German Government.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
On January 19, 2009, at 1140 coordinated universal time (1240 central European Time), a Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-42-720, German registered D-IDIA, owned by HELI Flight Flugschule Flugbetrieb GmbH, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Konigstein, Hessen, Germany. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and was en route to Bad Nauheim, Germany. The German investigators reported that the airplane was destroyed when it flew "into terrain in bad weather." The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany
Factual narrative
On January 19, 2009, at 1140 coordinated universal time (1240 central European Time), a Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-42-720, German registered D-IDIA, owned by HELI Flight Flugschule Flugbetrieb GmbH, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Konigstein, Hessen, Germany. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and was en route to Bad Nauheim, Germany. The German investigators reported that the airplane was destroyed when it flew "into terrain in bad weather." The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany
Aircraft
- Registration
- DIDIA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-42-720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- Pratt and Whitney Canada, turbo propPratt and Whitney Canada, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner
- HELI Flight Flugschule Flugbetrieb GmbH
- Departed
- Frankfurt/Main
- Destination
- Bad Nauheim
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.34 inHg
- Observed at
- ETOU