Piper PA-31 Cheyenne crash, Feb 5, 1993 (1 killed), Colog...
Piper PA-31 Cheyenne accident on February 5, 1993 near Cologne-Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with 1 fatality. Cause: Not determined. Sources...
- Date: February 5, 1993
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne
- Location: Cologne-Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Not determined. Sources differ on the sequence (loss of control in a turn versus a technical problem followed by a stall); the German BFU report was not reviewed.
A Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II operated by Schafer & Seidler declared an emergency shortly after departing Cologne-Bonn and was cleared to return. While turning back, the sole pilot lost control, the aircraft dived and crashed onto a house in Lind, about 2 km south of the airport. The pilot was killed and no one on the ground was hurt.