Cessna 550B OK-ACH

Summary

On 14 February 2010 at about 20:19 local time, a Cessna 550B registered OK-ACH, operated by Time Air Flight, was involved in an accident near Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 February 2010 at 20:19

Classification

Accident

Location

Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 550B

Registration

OK-ACH

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Time Air Flight

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Prag → Karlskrona

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CEN10WA121

2 people died.

This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German Government.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On February 14, 2010, at 2019 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 550B, Czech registered OK-ACH, owned and operated by Time Air Flight, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The captain and first officer were fatally injured. The flight originated from Prag, Czech Republic, and was en route to Karlskrona, Sweden. The German investigators reported that the airplane was climbing from flight level 260 to flight level 330 when radar contact was lost. The debris field was located in a forest area, in mountainous terrain, near the Czech/German border. 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 Accident Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bundesstelle fuer Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.