Wels – Linz – Bratislava

On December 15, 1992 at 05:58 PM, Wels – Linz – Bratislava experienced a crash involving Cessna 414 Chancellor, operated by AL Aviation Leasing, with the event recorded near Wels Upper Austria.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Wels Airport on a short positioning flight to the nearest airport of Linz-Hörsching before continuing to Bratislava. Weather conditions were poor with visibility down to 100 metres due to fog and an RVR of 325 metres for runway 27. After takeoff from runway 27, the aircraft struck tree tops located 1,125 metres past the runway end, lost height and crashed 300 metres further, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by fire and all three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-IHKB, MSN 414A-0269, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.1517°, 13.9980°.