# NTSB CEN18WA141: Cirrus SR20, Adolf Wurth Airport, Germany, April 15, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 15, 2018, 16:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Adolf Wurth Airport, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Approach: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250); [Approach: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97042
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA141
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97042/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA141

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)
- [Approach: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

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 1

- Registration: D-EWTG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1518
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Departed: EDDS, Stuttgart
- Destination: Adolf Wurth Airport

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: D-MJEK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DALLACH D4 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Ultralight
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Departed: Regensburg
- Destination: Adolf Wurth Airport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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