- Date
- February 28, 2010, 08:13 local (08:13 UTC)
- Place
- Waldzell, Austria
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- OE-CFTCessna 150
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Cessna Aircraft Company, Accident Investigation Branch - Aviation - Austria
- Case key
- 75426
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Probable cause
This accident is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austrian 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 28, 2010, at 0813 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 150E, Austrian registered OE-CFT, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Waldzell, Austria. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. The flight departed Salzburg and was en route to Suben, Austria The Austrian investigators reported that the airplane lost control while in flight and subsequently impacted hilly terrain. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austrian government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Austrian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: BMVIT – IIBAV/UUB/LF Federal Office of Transport Accident Investigation Branch, Department of Aviation Postfach 207, 1000 Wien Lohnergasse 9, 1210 Wien Austria
Factual narrative
On February 28, 2010, at 0813 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 150E, Austrian registered OE-CFT, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Waldzell, Austria. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. The flight departed Salzburg and was en route to Suben, Austria The Austrian investigators reported that the airplane lost control while in flight and subsequently impacted hilly terrain. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austrian government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Austrian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: BMVIT – IIBAV/UUB/LF Federal Office of Transport Accident Investigation Branch, Department of Aviation Postfach 207, 1000 Wien Lohnergasse 9, 1210 Wien Austria
Aircraft
- Registration
- OE-CFT
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061097
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- BFS Business Flight Salzburg
- Registered owner
- BFS Business Flight Salzburg
- Departed
- LOWS · Salzburg
- Destination
- LOLS · Suben
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.32 inHg
- Observed at
- LOWS
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 11, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 10 KB in all.