- Date
- June 23, 2014, 13:22 local (13:22 UTC)
- Place
- Olsberg, Germany
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- D-CGFILearjet 35 - A
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Midair collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- German Federal Bureau of
- Case key
- 89545
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Probable cause
The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation/Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU). 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
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 June 23, 2014, at 1322 coordinated universal time, a Learjet 35A, German registered D-CGFI, was destroyed during a midair collision near Olsberg, Germany. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and one crew member were fatally injured. The German investigators received reports that the Learjet collided with a German Air Force Eurofighter jet. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation/Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU). 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 June 23, 2014, at 1322 coordinated universal time, a Learjet 35A, German registered D-CGFI, was destroyed during a midair collision near Olsberg, Germany. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and one crew member were fatally injured. The German investigators received reports that the Learjet collided with a German Air Force Eurofighter jet. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation/Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU). 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
- D-CGFI
- Reported as
- Learjet 35 - A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35A-612
- Built
- 1985
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Operator
- GFD/Gesellschaft fur Flugzieldarstellung
- Registered owner
- GFD/Gesellschaft fur Flugzieldarstellung
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6.2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- EDGS
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 10, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 50 KB in all.