Hamburg - Hanover

On April 6, 1998 at 01:20 PM, Hamburg - Hanover experienced a crash involving Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, operated by Private German, with the event recorded near Hamburg-Helmut-Schmidt (Fuhlsbüttel) Hamburg.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) 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 technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport, while climbing, the pilot reported engine problems and was cleared to return for an emergency landing. While completing a turn, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Niendorf, near the airport. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-ICBK, MSN 421C-0292, year of manufacture 1977.