- Date
- February 14, 2010, 20:19 local (20:19 UTC)
- Place
- Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- OK-ACHCessna 550B
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Cessna Aircraft Company, German BFU - IIC
- Case key
- 75364
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Probable cause
This investigation 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 February 14, 2010, at 2019 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 550B, Czech registered OK-ACH, owned and operated by Time Air Flight, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The captain and first officer were fatally injured. The flight originated from Prag, Czech Republic, and was en route to Karlskrona, Sweden. The German investigators reported that the airplane was climbing from flight level 260 to flight level 330 when radar contact was lost. The debris field was located in a forest area, in mountainous terrain, near the Czech/German border. 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 Accident Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany
Factual narrative
On February 14, 2010, at 2019 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 550B, Czech registered OK-ACH, owned and operated by Time Air Flight, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The captain and first officer were fatally injured. The flight originated from Prag, Czech Republic, and was en route to Karlskrona, Sweden. The German investigators reported that the airplane was climbing from flight level 260 to flight level 330 when radar contact was lost. The debris field was located in a forest area, in mountainous terrain, near the Czech/German border. 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 Accident Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany
Aircraft
- Registration
- OK-ACH
- Reported as
- Cessna 550B (CITATION I)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 550-1111
- Engines
- Pratt and Whitney PW530APratt and Whitney PW530A
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Time Air Flight
- Registered owner
- Time Air Flight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Prag
- Destination
- Karlskrona
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Medical
- Class 1
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 32
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 1
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 2, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 10 KB in all.