D-IGEY

On September 8, 1987 at 12:00 AM, D-IGEY experienced a crash involving Cessna 414 Chancellor, operated by Private German, with the event recorded near Maastricht Limburg.

The flight was categorized as private 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.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route, the pilot informed ATC he was short of fuel and elected to divert to Maastricht Airport for an emergency landing. On final, he encountered poor visibility due to low clouds and fog and was forced to initiate a go-around. Few minutes later, while in a second attempt to land, the twin engine aircraft crashed few km from the airport. The pilot, sole on board, was killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was below minimum as estimated between 300-400 meters in fog.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-IGEY, MSN 414A-0480, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.8580°, 5.6970°.