Douglas DC-3 crash, Dec 22, 1991 (28 killed), Heidelberg
Douglas DC-3 accident on December 22, 1991 near Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with 28 fatalities. Cause: Visual navigation was neglected in...
- Date: December 22, 1991
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Fatalities: 28
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Visual navigation was neglected in the final minutes, and the aircraft entered instrument conditions unnoticed and flew into terrain. Contributing factors were the captain's distraction and absence from the cockpit and dark films on the windshields.
A Classic Wings Douglas DC-3 on a charter flight from Egelsbach crashed into a forest near Heidelberg after the aircraft entered cloud unnoticed and flew into rising terrain. The copilot had confused the Rhine with the Neckar, the captain was out of the cockpit, and the cockpit windshield films reduced visibility. Of the 32 people aboard, 28 were killed.