Piper PA-42-720 DIDIA
19 January 2009 · Konigstein, Germany · Fatal
Summary
On 19 January 2009 at about 11:40 local time, a Piper PA-42-720 registered DIDIA was involved in an accident near Konigstein, Germany. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 11:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Konigstein, Germany
- Coordinates
- 50.1167, 8.6833
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-42-720
- Registration
- DIDIA
- Category
- Airplane
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Frankfurt/Main → Bad Nauheim
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN09WA138
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
This is under the jurisdiction and control of the German Government.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
On January 19, 2009, at 1140 coordinated universal time (1240 central European Time), a Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-42-720, German registered D-IDIA, owned by HELI Flight Flugschule Flugbetrieb GmbH, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Konigstein, Hessen, Germany. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and was en route to Bad Nauheim, Germany. The German investigators reported that the airplane was destroyed when it flew "into terrain in bad weather." 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 Accident 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
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-42 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 2009 | Piper PA-42 | Belmar, New Jersey, United States | Hortmont Aviation Services Inc | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 2012 | Piper PA-42 | Charleston, West Virginia, United States | Clear Blue Sky Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 18 Oct 2006 | Piper PA-42 | Prescott, Arizona, United States | William Friedman | Fatal | 5 |
| 11 Jun 2004 | Piper PA-42 | Reims, France | Lixx Bail | Serious injuries | - |
| 31 Jan 2002 | Piper PA-42-720 | Ames, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 May 2001 | Piper PA-42-1000 | Nurnberg, Germany | Max Schaldach | Fatal | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 7 Dec 2009 | Beechcraft F90 | Egelsbach, Germany | - | Fatal | 3 |