- Date
- October 16, 2017, 11:23 local (11:23 UTC)
- Place
- Jüterborg, Germany
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- F-JAGBAvid Mark IV
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96213
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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 October 16, 2017, about 1123 UTC, an amateur-built Avid Mark IV airplane, French registration F-JAGB, owned and operated by a private individual, crashed during a test flight near Jüterborg, Germany. The pilot on board was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The personal local flight originated from the pilot's private airstrip near Jüterborg, Germany.This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Germany. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from: The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bundesstelle fur Flugenfallensuchung (BFU) Herman-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Telephone: +49 5 31-35 48-0 Facsimile: +49 5 31-35 48-246 E-Mail: ops@bfu-web.de This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the BFU of Germany.
Aircraft
- Registration
- F-JAGB
- Reported as
- Avid Mark IV (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1230D
- Engine
- Rotax 582, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Fire
- Unknown
- Operator
- Unknown
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Jüterborg
- Destination
- Jüterborg
- Equipment
- Airframe parachute
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Seat
- Left