Beechcraft A 36 DEMIB
30 May 2008 · Westerland/Sylt, Germany · Fatal
Summary
On 30 May 2008 at about 16:55 local time, a Beechcraft A 36 registered DEMIB was involved in an accident near Westerland/Sylt, Germany. 3 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Westerland/Sylt, Germany
- Coordinates
- 54.9167, 8.3500
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft A 36
- Registration
- DEMIB
- Category
- Airplane
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Maastricht → Westerland
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN08WA097
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
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 May 30, 2008, at 1655 coordinated universal time (1855 central European Summer Time), a Beech Aircraft Corporation A 36, German registered D-EMIB, owned and piloted by the accident pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain under unknown circumstances near Westerland/Sylt, Germany. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured, one passenger sustained serious injuries, and one passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight originated from Maastricht, Netherlands. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2008 | Beechcraft A-36 | Tampa, Florida, United States | Harlan Northcott | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 Oct 2006 | Beechcraft A-36 | Great Bend, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 2005 | Beechcraft A-36 | Tacoma, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Sep 2004 | Beechcraft A-36 | Auburn, Washington, United States | Michael C. Muma | Serious injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 2003 | Beechcraft A-36 | Miyazaki Airpor, Japan | Civil Aviation College | Fatal | 3 |
| 4 Jan 2003 | Beechcraft A-36 | Carate, Costa Rica | Luminaire, LLC. | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2008 | Beechcraft V 35B | Regensburg, Germany | - | Fatal | 3 |
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| 12 Dec 2008 | Boeing | Stuttgart, Germany | European Air Transport | No injuries | - |
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