- Date
- January 26, 2015, 10:32 local (10:32 UTC)
- Place
- Rockenhausen, Germany
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- D-GHFWPiper PA-30
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90657
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Sequence of events
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Factual narrative
On January 26, 2015, about 1032 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-30 airplane, D-GHFW, crashed under unknown circumstances near Rockenhausen, Germany. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the pilot fatally injured. The airplane departed Annemasse Aerodrome, Annemasse, France, at an unconfirmed time, and was en route to Mainz Finthen Airport, Mainz, Germany, at the time of the incident. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU). This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of the Germany. 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-GHFW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-1326
- Engines
- Lycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocatingLycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Operator
- Not Provided by Authority
- Registered owner
- Not provided by Authority
- Departed
- LFLI · Annemasse
- Destination
- EDFZ · Mainz