# NTSB DEN06WA120: Bellanca 17-31 ATC, Neuwerk Island, Germany, September 1, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 1, 2006, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Neuwerk Island, Germany
- Coordinates: 53.783332, 7.916666
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.7833&lon=7.9167&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: BFU-Germany
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64453
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN06WA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64453/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06WA120

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-ELAI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bellanca 17-31 ATC
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Werner Mandel
- Departed: EDXF, Wangerooge
- Destination: EDWG, Flensburg

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 247° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg

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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