Piper PA-44-180 D-GZXB

Summary

On 1 August 2008 at about 13:33 local time, a Piper PA-44-180 registered D-GZXB, operated by InterCockpit - Pilot Training Network GmbH, was involved in an accident near Adriatic Sea, Croatia. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 August 2008 at 13:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Adriatic Sea, Croatia

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-44-180

Registration

D-GZXB

Category

Airplane

Operator

InterCockpit - Pilot Training Network GmbH

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Zadar → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

CHI08WA244

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 1, 2008, at 1333 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-44-180 Seminole airplane, registration D-GZXB, serial no. 4496165, crashed into the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Zadar, Croatia. The two pilots on-board were fatally injured. The instructional flight departed Zadar Airport (LDZD) at an unconfirmed time. The airplane was reported missing after it failed to return from the local-area training mission. The wreckage was subsequently located southwest of the island of Mezanj, about 30 kilometers west of Zadar, Croatia. The accident investigation was initially placed under the jurisdiction of the Croatian Civil Aviation Authority (CAACRO). On April 4, 2009, the Croatian Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications delegated the accident investigation in accordance with ICAO Annex 13, to the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU). The accident investigation is now under the jurisdiction of the German BFU. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for or released by the government of Germany. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Hermann-Blenk-Str. 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Tel.: (49) 531 3548 0 Fax: (49) 531 3548 246 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.bfu-web.de

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.