# NTSB DEN08WA097: Beech A 36, Westerland/Sylt, Germany, May 30, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 30, 2008, 16:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place: Westerland/Sylt, Germany
- Coordinates: 54.916667, 8.35
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=54.9167&lon=8.3500&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: German BFU
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68139
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN08WA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68139/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08WA097

## Factual narrative

On May 30, 2008, at 1655 coordinated universal time (1855 central European Summer Time), a Beech Aircraft Corporation A 36, German registered D-EMIB, owned and piloted by the accident pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Westerland/Sylt, Germany. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured, one passenger sustained serious injuries, and one passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight originated from Maastricht, Netherlands. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

## Aircraft

- Registration: DEMIB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech Aircraft Corporation A 36
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: EHBK, Maastricht
- Destination: EGWT, Westerland
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: runway NA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 19 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.88 inHg
- Observed at: EDXW

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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