Karlsruhe – Freiburg im Breisgau

On January 12, 2006 at 06:26 PM, Karlsruhe – Freiburg im Breisgau experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 350 Super King Air, operated by Euroflug Frenzel, with the event recorded near Freiburg im Breisgau Baden-Württemberg.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After the crew dropped off passengers at Karlsruhe-Baden-Baden Airport, he was returning to his base in Freiburg im Breisgau. On final approach to runway 16 in marginal weather conditions (poor visibility due to night and fog), the crew descended too low when the aircraft collided with trees and crashed in a wooded area located 450 metres short of runway, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-CUNO, MSN FL-311, year of manufacture 2001.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.0237°, 7.8352°.