Munich - Budapest - Baku - Sulaymaniyah

On February 16, 2006 at 11:15 AM, Munich - Budapest - Baku - Sulaymaniyah experienced a crash involving Cessna 501 Citation I, operated by Hasit Trockenmörtel, with the event recorded near Sulaymaniyah As-Sulaymaniyyah (<U+0627><U+0644><U+0633><U+0644><U+064A><U+0645><U+0627><U+0646><U+064A><U+0629>).

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was performing a business flight from Baku to Sulaymaniyah with 5 passengers and one pilot on board. It departed Munich to Baku via Budapest on February 14. As it descended through the altitude of 8,000 feet, the aircraft disappeared from radar screens and crashed near Buschin, few dozen km from Sulaymaniyah Airport. The wreckage was found on February 19 in a snow covered and hilly terrain. All 6 occupants were killed, among them 4 German businessmen, one pilot and one translator. The aircraft was owned by the German Company Hasit Trockenmörtel, specialised in building reconstruction.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-IMRX, MSN 501-0688, year of manufacture 1985.