Crash of a Cessna 404 Titan in Grosser Feldberg: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 29, 1987
Registration:
D-ILEP
Survivors:
No
MSN:
404-0688
YOM:
1980
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While cruising in poor visibility due to heavy fog, the pilot failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the twin engine aircraft struck an observation tower located on the Grosser Feldberg (881 meters high) located in the Taunus Mountain Range, about 22 km north of Frankfurt-Main Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot, sole on board, was killed.
