Zielona Góra - Nordhorn

On November 24, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Zielona Góra - Nordhorn experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, operated by Ger-Pol Air Taxi, with the event recorded near Zielona Góra-Przylep Lubusz Voivodeship (Lubuskie).

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While taking off from a grassy runway at Zielona Góra-Przylep Airport, the airplane nosed down, impacted ground and crashed. Both engines were torn off and the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces. There was no fire. The pilot, sole on board, was killed. He was completing a ferry flight to Nordhorn, Lower Saxony.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-IFBU, MSN 31T-8012050, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.9779°, 15.4388°.