XP807

On May 14, 1971 at 12:00 AM, XP807 experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by British Army Air Corps, with the event recorded near Datteln North Rhine-Westphalia.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Crashed during thunder storm . The aircraft was seen to leave cloud in a steep dive, whereupon a wing folded and the crash occurred. It was believed that the aircraft had suffered inadvertent 'negative G' during the thunderstorm activity and as a result the bottom wing strut bolt had sheered, thus the wing was no longer correctly braced. It is believed that the US Military Beaver fleet had also suffered a number of similar fatal accidents under these circumstances.

Aircraft reference details include registration XP807, MSN 1457, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.6515°, 7.3386°.