CEN09WA174

NTSB accident investigation · Cirrus Design SR 22 · Itzehoe, Germany · February 24, 2009

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
February 24, 2009, 16:00 local (16:00 UTC)
Place
Itzehoe, Germany
Injuries
4 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
D-EPDKCirrus Design SR 22
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Parties
German BFU
Case key
73391

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Sequence of events

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Factual narrative

On February 24, 2009, at 1600 coordinated universal time, a Cirrus Design Corporation SR22 , German registered D-EPDK, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Itzehoe Germany. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. 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 Accidents 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
D-EPDK
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR 22
Category
Airplane
Engine
Teledyne Continental Motors, reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Registered owner
Dieter Klinnert
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Flight plan
Unknown

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
300° at 7 knots
Visibility
6 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
43 °F, dew point 43 °F
Altimeter
30.27 inHg
Observed at
EDDH