- Date
- September 22, 2018, 16:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N474CGCirrus SF50
- Defining event
- Landing: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98555
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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.
Factual narrative
On September 22, 2018, about 1615 UTC, a Cirrus Design Corporation SF50 VisionJet, N474CG, owned by Southern Aircraft Consultancy Incorporated Trustee, and operated I-FLY AG, c/o Aximos Treuhand AG, experienced an electrical fire in the air conditioning unit while landing at the Zurich-Kloten Airport (LSZH), Zurich, Switzerland. The two pilots and three passengers on board were not injured and the airplane sustained minor damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled cross-country flight originated at Mainz-Finthen Airport (EDFZ), Germany.This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Switzerland. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board at: Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB) Aeropole 1, CH-1530 Payerne Switzerland Telephone: +41 26 662 33 00 Facsimile: +41 26 662 33 01 E-mail: info@sust.admin.ch This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the STSB of Switzerland.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N474CG
- Reported as
- Cirrus SF50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0045
- Engine
- Williams International FJ33-5A, 1,800 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Aximos-Treuhand
- Registered owner
- Southern Aircraft Consultancy Incorporated Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- None
- Departed
- EDFZ · Mainz-Finthen
- Destination
- LSZH · Zurich
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LSZH · Zurich
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Observed at
- LSZH