Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 25 January 1995
Aircraft Type: Cessna 550ÿCitation II
Owner/operator: Viessmann Werke
Registration Number: D-CHVB
Location: Allendorf –
ÿ Germany
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft control systems (particularly nose-down attitude and bank angle).Aircraft control systems (particularly nose-down attitude and bank angle).
Category: Accident
A pilot initiated an IFR approach, subsequently aborted the approach and initiated a missed approach, resulting in a crash where the aircraft nose-down and experienced a 60-degree left bank.A pilot initiated an IFR approach, subsequently aborted the approach and initiated a missed approach, resulting in a crash where the aircraft nose-down and experienced a 60-degree left bank.
Description
During the apprpach the pilot cancelled IFR. He then initiated a missed appropach. The aircraft crashed in a right turn into a forest, 30 degrees nose down and in a 60 degree left bank.
Primary Cause
Pilot error ? aborted approach, missed approach, and subsequent crash.Pilot error ? aborted approach, missed approach, and subsequent crash.Share on:
