2022年9月4日ラトビア、セスナ551サイテーション4名死亡

 

Date:	Sunday 4 September 2022
Time:	20:44
Type:	Cessna 551 Citation II/SP
Operator:	GG Rent
Registration:	OE-FGR
MSN:	551-0021
First flight:	1979
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
Crew:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	37 km (23.1 mls) NW off Ventspils (Baltic Sea) (   Latvia)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Jerez-La Parra Airport (XRY/LEJR), Spain
Destination airport:	Köln/Bonn-Konrad Adenauer Airport (CGN/EDDK), Germany

Narrative:
A Cessna 551 Citation II(SP), OE-FGR, was destroyed when it crashed into the Baltic Sea while enroute from Spain to Germany.

The aircraft departed Jerez-La Parra Airport (XRY) in Spain at 12:56 UTC, en route to Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN), Germany. The flight was conducted at FL360 and the aircraft made several course changes, the last one at 15:48 UTC on a heading to CGN. The aircraft continued at FL360 through German and Swedish airspace.
The aircraft was not reachable by air traffic control authorities for some time. A Luftwaffe Panavia Tornado was dispatched from Rostock-Laage Air Base at 16:15 UTC to intercept the Cessna. The Tornado followed the Cessna until 16:50. Reportedly the pilots could see anyone in the cockpit.

At 17:31 UTC the aircraft began to lose altitude and turned right until it entered a left-hand spiral off the Latvian coast.
The final altitude received by Flightradar24 was 2100 ft at a -8000fpm descent rate.
A Swedish rescue helicopter was able to find wreckage and an oil slick in the water.

The pilot of the aircraft was the owner of Quick Air, an air charter company based in Cologne (Köln).

Sources:

» flightradar24.com
» flightaware.com
» dn.se

Photos

accident date: 04-09-2022
type: Cessna 551 Citation II/SP
registration: OE-FGR

 

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Map

This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Jerez-La Parra Airport to Köln/Bonn-Konrad Adenauer Airport as the crow flies is 1875 km (1172 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.