Egelsbach – Friedrichshafen

On December 14, 2017 at 06:14 PM, Egelsbach – Friedrichshafen experienced a crash involving Cessna 510 Citation Mustang, operated by Skytaxi Luftfahrt, with the event recorded near Sieberatsreute Baden-Württemberg.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The airplane departed Egelsbach Airport at 1743LT on a charter flight to Friedrichshafen, carrying one passenger and two pilots. Following an uneventful flight at FL210, the crew contacted Zurich ARTCC and was cleared to start the descent and later told to expect a runway 24 ILS approach to Friedrichshafen-Bodensee Airport. After passing 4,000 feet on descent, at a speed of 240 knots, the crew was completing a last turn in clouds when the airplane entered a rapid and uncontrolled descent until it crashed in a wooded area located in Sieberatsreute, some 15 km short of runway 24. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration OE-FWD, MSN 510-0049, year of manufacture 2007.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.7582°, 9.6946°.