# NTSB CEN09WA174: Cirrus Design SR 22, Itzehoe, Germany, February 24, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 24, 2009, 16:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Itzehoe, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: German BFU
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73391
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09WA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73391/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09WA174

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR 22
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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

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.

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