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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Edenkoben Georgia
Friday, May 3, 2002
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On May 3, 2002, a Piper PA 28, PH-ASL, operated by Air Service Limburg pv (ASL), of Maastricht Airport, Netherlands, was destroyed upon impact with terrain near Edenkoben, Rheinhessen-Pfalz, Germany. The pilot and two passengers on board were fatally injured. The airplane was being operated on a flight from Saarbruicken Airport (EDRS), Germany, to Speyer Airport (EDRY), Germany. The time of the accident, the weather conditions, and type of flight plan are under investigation. The flight was being operated under the authority of the Civil Aviation Authority, Germany.
An accident investigation is being conducted under the authority of Bundesstelle fur Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU - The German Federal Bureau of Accidents Investigation) in accordance with Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. For further information, contact the Investigator-in-Charge:
Mr. George Blau
BFU
Tel 5 31 - 35 48 - 0 / fax 5 31 - 35 48 - 2 46
24h duty for aircraft accident/incident reporting, in respect to ยง5 LuftVO Tel: +49 531 3548 - 0Fax: +49 531 3548 - 246
Office BFUHermann-Blenk-Str. 1638108 Braunschweig, Germany
Online Websitewww.bfu-web.dee-Mailbox@bfu-web.de
U.S. Accredited Representative:
Thomas R. Conroy
Air Safety Investigator
National Transportation Safety Board
Office of Aviation Safety
Regional Operations and General Aviation Division, AS-20
Washington, DC 20594
1 202 314-6314
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/3/2002 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | -- |
| Event Time Zone | -- |
| Event City | Edenkoben |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | GEORGIA |
| Zipcode of the event site | -- |
| Event Date Year | 2002 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | -- |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | -- |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | -- |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 3 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | Foreign |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | German Fed Bureau of Accident |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 6 2002 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1018 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 9 2003 8:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | JOND |
| Basic weather conditions | -- |
| FAA District Office | AAI-100 |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | -- |
| NTSB Number | WAS02WA040 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Non-U.S., Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Unknown |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | -- |
| Aircraft Explosion | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Piper |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | -- |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | -- |
| ELT Activated | -- |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | -- |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | -- |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | -- |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | -- |
| Operator Street Address | 6199 AD Maastricht-Airport |
| Operator City | Maastricht |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | NL |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | Code |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | International |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | -- |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | EDRS |
| Departure City | SAARBRUCKEN |
| Departure State | -- |
| Departure Country | GE |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | -- |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | EDRY |
| Destination City | SPEYER |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | GE |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 9 2003 8:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | JOND |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |