Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 27 July 1977
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Owner/operator: Alpha-Flug
Registration Number: D-IBAF
Location: Bourgas Airport (BOJ) –
ÿ Bulgaria
Phase of Flight: Initial climb
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Flight crewFlight crew
Category: Accident
A German chartered aircraft, flying to retrieve a patient from Bulgaria, crashed shortly after takeoff due to elevated blood alcohol concentrations among the flight crew. The crew’s BACs were above the legal limit, potentially impairing their ability to respond to an autopilot failure.A German chartered aircraft, flying to retrieve a patient from Bulgaria, crashed shortly after takeoff due to elevated blood alcohol concentrations among the flight crew. The crew’s BACs were above the legal limit, potentially impairing their ability to respond to an autopilot failure.
Description
Crashed shortly after takeoff. The airplane had been chartered by the Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht (DRF) to retrieve a German patient from Bulgaria. An investigation suggested that the flight crew had a blood alcohol concentration of 0,48 per mille and 0,37 per mille, which is over the legal limit. This would have impaired their ability to cope with a reported failure of the autopilot immediately after takeoff.
Source of Information
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200108.html?search=cessna%20404, http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-40606190.htmlhttp://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200108.html?search=cessna%20404, http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-40606190.htmlPrimary Cause
Elevated blood alcohol concentrations among the flight crew.Elevated blood alcohol concentrations among the flight crew.Share on:
