Cessna 510 Citation Mustang crash, Dec 14, 2017 (3 killed)
Cessna 510 Citation Mustang accident on December 14, 2017 near Sieberatsreute, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with 3 fatalities. Cause: BFU (as summarised...
- Date: December 14, 2017
- Aircraft: Cessna 510 Citation Mustang
- Location: Sieberatsreute, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: BFU (as summarised by BAAA, report not read directly): sudden loss of control of the aircraft in clouds while turning in for the approach at night. Frontal weather with light to moderate turbulence, snowfall and icing probably contributed; the events on board could not be determined.
On 14 December 2017 a Skytaxi Luftfahrt Cessna 510 Citation Mustang charter flight from Egelsbach to Friedrichshafen with two pilots and one passenger was descending through clouds on the approach to runway 24 at night when it entered a rapid, uncontrolled descent. It crashed in a wooded area at Sieberatsreute about 15 km short of the runway, disintegrated on impact and all three occupants were killed. The BFU investigation could not determine the cause of the loss of control because no onboard information was available.