Zell Am See Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Zell Am See Australia
Sunday, August 28, 2011 13:43 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On August 28, 2011, at 1343 coordinated universal time, a German registered Cessna 150, D-EEAW, and a German registered Diamond HK-36R, D-KILL, collided in-flight near Zell am See, Austria. The two persons on board the Cessna and the two persons on board the Diamond were all fatally injured. The Cessna had departed from the Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport (LOWI), Tyrol, Austria. The Diamond had departed from Paterzell Airfield, Wessobrunn, Germany. Both airplane were destined for the Zell am See Airfield (LOWZ), Zell am See, Austria. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Austrian government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Austrian government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: BMVIT – IIBAV/UUB/LF Federal Office of Transport Accident Investigation Branch, Department of Aviation Postfach 207, 1000 Wien Lohnergasse 9, 1210 Wien Austria

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/28/2011
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1343
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Zell am See
Event State --
Event Country AUSTRALIA
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2011
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 471925N
Event Location Longitude 0124749E
Event Location Airport Zell am See
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LOWZ
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 Unknown
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 4
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 4
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source BMVIT
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 15 2011 7:19PM
User who most recently changed record bakd
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number -- --
NTSB Number CEN11WA626A CEN11WA626B
Missing Aircraft Indicator -- --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Non-U.S., Non-Commercial Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Substantial Substantial
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA DIAMOND
Aircraft Model F150 HK36
Aircraft Series Identifier F R
Aircraft Serial Number F15000028 36325
Certified Max Gross Weight -- --
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class -- --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No No
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft -- --
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection -- --
Date of Last Inspection -- --
Airframe hours since last inspection -- --
Airframe Hours -- --
ELT Installed Unknown Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown Unknown
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name -- Private Individual
Aircraft Owner Street Address -- --
Aircraft Owner City -- --
Aircraft Owner State -- --
Aircraft Owner Country UN USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode -- --
Operator is an individual? No Yes
Operator Name -- --
Operator Same as Owner? No No
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No No
Operator Street Address -- --
Operator City Rum --
Operator State -- --
Operator Country AU USA
Operator Zip code -- --
Operator Code -- --
Owner has at least one certificate None None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation -- --
Operator Certificate Number -- --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not -- --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight -- --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail -- --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown Unknown
Second Pilot on Board -- --
Departure Point Same as Event No No
Departure Airport Code LOWI --
Departure City Tyrol Wessobrunn
Departure State -- --
Departure Country AU GE
Departure Time -- --
Departure Time Zone -- --
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code LOWZ LOWZ
Destination City Zell am See Zell am See
Destination State -- --
Destination Country AU AU
Specific Phase of Flight -- --
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 7 2011 11:01AM Sep 7 2011 11:07AM
User who most recently changed record aguj aguj
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location -- --
Runway Length -- --
Runway Width -- --
Sight Seeing flight No --
Air Medical Flight No --
Medical Flight -- --