Borkum - Norderney

On July 26, 2021 at 01:09 PM, Borkum - Norderney experienced a crash involving Cessna 208A Caravan, operated by Skydive Binz, with the event recorded near Norderney Lower Saxony.

The flight was categorized as skydiving / paratroopers and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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 single engine airplane departed Borkum Airport in the early afternoon on a local skydiving mission. At an altitude of 14,000 feet, the skydivers jumped out the cabin then the pilot reduced his altitude and returned to Norderney Airport. On approach, control was lost and the airplane crashed in the sea of Wadden, about 4 km southeast of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-FLEC, MSN 208-0388, year of manufacture 2005.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.7124°, 7.2340°.