- Date
- April 15, 2018, 16:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Adolf Wurth Airport, Germany
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- D-EWTGCirrus SR20D-MJEKDallach D4
- Defining events
- Approach: Midair collisionApproach: Midair collision
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97042
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Cirrus SR20
Dallach D4
Factual narrative
On April 15, 2018, at 1300 UTC, a Cirrus SR-20, D-EWTG, and a Dallach D4b Fascination, D-MJEK, encountered a midair collision under unknown circumstances near Adolf Würth Airport (EDTY), Schwäbisch Hall, Germany. Both aircraft were destroyed; and the pilots, the sole occupants in each airplane, were fatally injured. The Cirrus S-20 had departed from Stuttgart Airport (EDDS), Stuttgart, Germany with a destination of EDTY. The Dallach D4b Fascination departed from Regensburg, Germany also with a destination of EDTY. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU). Under the provisions of Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation as a State of Design, the United States has designated an accredited representative to participate in the investigation. Any further information may be obtained from: BFU Germany: Bundestelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung Hermann-Blenk-Straße 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Telephone: +49 531 35 48-0 E-mail: ops@bfu-web.de Investigator-in-Charge: Mr. Klaus-Uwe Fuchs Telephone: +49 531 35 48-0 E-mail: Klaus-Uwe.Fuchs@bfu-web.de This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the BFU Germany.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- D-EWTG
- Reported as
- Cirrus SR20 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1518
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Departed
- EDDS · Stuttgart
- Destination
- Adolf Wurth Airport
- Registration
- D-MJEK
- Reported as
- Dallach D4 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Ultralight
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Departed
- Regensburg
- Destination
- Adolf Wurth Airport