# NTSB CEN10WA121: Cessna 550B, Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany, February 14, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation - Date: February 14, 2010, 20:19 local (20:19 UTC) - Place: Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany - Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 2 fatal - Status: Led by another country's authority - NTSB office: Central Region - Lead agency: Other - Parties: Cessna Aircraft Company, German BFU - IIC - NTSB case key (mKey): 75364 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10WA121 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75364/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75364 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10WA121 ## Probable cause This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German Government. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Maneuvering-aerobatics: 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) ## 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 (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 550B (CITATION I) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 550-1111 - Engines: Pratt and Whitney PW530A; Pratt 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 As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 27; injuries: fatal; airline transport; medical: class 1 - Co-pilot; age 32; injuries: fatal; commercial; medical: class 1 ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 2, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75364. 10 KB in all. - Docket Insert - CEN10WA121 (item 1, .PDF, 10 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40326075&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Insert%20-%20CEN10WA121-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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