Donaueschingen - Donaueschingen

On October 24, 2000 at 05:16 PM, Donaueschingen - Donaueschingen experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 300 Super King Air, operated by Flight Inspection International, with the event recorded near Donaueschingen-Villingen Baden-Württemberg.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Donaueschingen-Villingen Airport in the afternoon on a local calibration mission. After several circuits over the area at an altitude of 7,000 feet, both NDB and DME systems have been calibrated and the crew was returning to the airport at the end of the afternoon. While approaching runway 36 in marginal weather conditions, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft struck trees and crashed in a wooded area located about 15 km from the airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were killed. According to published procedures, the crew was supposed to continue the approach at a minimum altitude of 4,500 feet until 11 km from the runway threshold then descending to 2,650 feet. For unknown reasons, the crew started the descent prematurely, causing the aircraft to impact terrain.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-CFMC, MSN FA-104, year of manufacture 1986.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.0260°, 8.6139°.