Zagreb – Zadar

On February 5, 2009 at 02:54 PM, Zagreb – Zadar experienced a crash involving Cessna 303 Crusader, operated by Aero Klub Ban, with the event recorded near Zadar Zadar.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight 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: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew departed Zagreb Airport on a training flight to Zadar. While descending to Zadar Airport, he encountered marginal weather with icing conditions. At an altitude of 6,500 feet in clouds, the aircraft lost height and crashed in the Velebit Mountain Range. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9A-DLN, MSN 303-00089, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.1179°, 15.2292°.