Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 1 March 2012
Aircraft Type: Cessna 750 Citation X
Owner/operator: Asia Today Ltd.
Registration Number: N288CX
Location: ca 4 km E of Egelsbach Airport –
ÿ Germany
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Aircraft Control System (specifically the transition between IFR and VFR modes)Aircraft Control System (specifically the transition between IFR and VFR modes)
Category: Accident
A Cessna 750 Citation X corporate jet crashed near Egelsbach Airport, Germany, resulting in the deaths of all five occupants. The aircraft was approaching runway 27 and transitioned from Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) to Visual Flight Rules (VFR) before impacting trees and descending into a wooded area, causing a fire.A Cessna 750 Citation X corporate jet crashed near Egelsbach Airport, Germany, resulting in the deaths of all five occupants. The aircraft was approaching runway 27 and transitioned from Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) to Visual Flight Rules (VFR) before impacting trees and descending into a wooded area, causing a fire.
Description
A Cessna 750 Citation X corporate jet, N288CX, was destroyed in an accident near Egelsbach Airport, Germany. All five on board were killed. The flight departed Linz Airport (LNZ), Austria on a flight to Egelsbach. The airplane was approaching runway 27 when the crew switched from IFR to VFR. Shortly afterwards the jet struck trees and came down in a wooded area. A fire erupted.
Source of Information
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/unglueck-im-hessischen-egelsbach-flugzeugabsturz-in-hessen-mindestens-drei-tote-1.1298244, http://www.rp-online.de/panorama/deutschland/mehrere-tote-bei-flugzeugabsturz-in-hessen-1.2736520http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/unglueck-im-hessischen-egelsbach-flugzeugabsturz-in-hessen-mindestens-drei-tote-1.1298244, http://www.rp-online.de/panorama/deutschland/mehrere-tote-bei-flugzeugabsturz-in-hessen-1.2736520Primary Cause
Weather conditions and transition between flight modes (IFR to VFR) during approach to a runway may have contributed to the accident.Weather conditions and transition between flight modes (IFR to VFR) during approach to a runway may have contributed to the accident.Share on:
