Düsseldorf – Dortmund

On January 22, 1982 at 12:00 AM, Düsseldorf – Dortmund experienced a crash involving Cessna 404 Titan, operated by RFG Regionalflug, with the event recorded near Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

After landing at Dortmund-Wickede Airport, the pilot lost control of the airplane that veered off runway and collided with a hangar, bursting into flames. The aircraft as well a four other airplanes parked in the hangar were destroyed by a post crash fire. The pilot, sole on board, was killed. He was completing a positioning flight from Düsseldorf.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-ICRH, MSN 404-0850, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.4891°, 7.4013°.