Cologne - Lübeck

On May 30, 1987 at 12:00 AM, Cologne - Lübeck experienced a crash involving Cessna 501 Citation I, operated by Travel Air Flug, with the event recorded near Lübeck-Blankensee Schleswig-Holstein.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 75.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Cologne-Bonn Airport on a charter taxi flight to Lübeck-Blankensee, carrying two passengers, among them the Vice-President of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein Uwe Barschel and a crew of two. The approach to Lübeck-Blankensee Airport was initiated in marginal weather conditions with limited visibility to 1,500 meters and a ceiling down to 150 meters. ILS approach was not possible so the crew attempted to land under VFR mode. On final, the aircraft struck the NDB antenna (15 meters high) located 480 meters short of runway threshold. The aircraft rolled to the left to an angle of 90°, causing the left wing to struck the ground. Out of control, the aircraft crashed then slid for few dozen meters and came to rest, bursting into flames. Uwe Barschel was the only survivor. The copilot, Elizabeth Friske, was at command when the Pan International BAc 111 crashed in Hamburg on September 6, 1971.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-IAEC, MSN 501-0203, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.8049°, 10.7126°.