Colmar – Basel – Zurich

On April 10, 1997 at 09:01 PM, Colmar – Basel – Zurich experienced a crash involving Cessna 414 Chancellor, operated by Air Turicum, with the event recorded near Zurich-Kloten Zurich.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a flight from Colmar to Zurich with an intermediate stop in Basel. While on a night approach to runway 28 at Zurich-Kloten Airport, both engines lost power simultaneously. The aircraft lost height, struck a three-floor building and crashed on a second one located few dozen metres further. The captain was seriously injured while the copilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-LPN, MSN 414A-0842, year of manufacture 1982.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.4439°, 8.5715°.