Hamburg – Altenburg – Thüringen

On April 28, 2009 at 06:35 PM, Hamburg – Altenburg – Thüringen experienced a crash involving Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, operated by Flugschule Gregor Stahnke, with the event recorded near Hamburg-Finkenwerder Hamburg.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after take off from Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport, the pilot informed ATC that he lost all his navigational instruments and was cleared to divert to Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport. On final, he encountered difficulties to lower the gears and eventually ditched the aircraft in the Elbe River. The aircraft came to rest upside down in 0,8 meter of water and was destroyed. The pilot escaped with minor injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-IKST, MSN 421C-1024, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.5356°, 9.8321°.