Executive/Corporate/Business

The pilot started the approach to Iowa City Airport by night and marginal weather conditions. Due to poor visibility, he made a go-around and followed a circuit for few minutes before starting a second approach. In half mile visibility with ceiling at 300 feet, he continued the approach and passed below the MDA when the airplane struck the ground and crashed. All four occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

While descending to Cadillac Airport, Michigan, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to night and snow showers and failed to realized his altitude was too low. The twin engine airplane struck trees and crashed in a wooded area located in Reed City, some 28 miles south of Cadillac-Wexford County Airport. All three occupants were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

While cruising by night over the State of New York on a flight from Burlington, Vermont, and Providence, Rhode Island, the twin engine airplane disappeared from radar screens without the pilots having been able to transmit all or part of an emergency message. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found. It is believed that the aircraft may crash into Lake Champlain but again, no trace was ever found.

The twin engine aircraft departed Frankfurt-Main Airport at 1512LT on a flight to Fritzlar Airport, carrying four passengers and a crew of two. During initial climb, bound to the north, the crew encountered poor visibility due to fog. While climbing to an altitude of 2,000 feet, the twin engine airplane struck trees and crashed onto the slope of Mt Altkönig (798 meters high) located about 3,5 km north of Königstein im Taunus, some 20 km north of Frankfurt Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed, among them two pilots, one employee of the German construction company Heitkamp and three representatives of the city of Wattenscheid.
Crew:
Alfred Krummlauf, pilot,
Rolf Brennholt, pilot.
Passengers:
Erwin Topp, Mayor of the city of Wattenscheid,
Georg Schmitz, Director of the city of Wattenscheid,
Kurt Wille, Head of construction of the city of Wattenscheid,
Josef Peckelsen, authorized representative of the Heitkamp Company.

On approach to Jackson-McKellar Sipes Airport, the pilot encountered foggy conditions. The pilot decided to reduce his altitude and passed below the minimum descent altitude when the airplane struck trees and crashed three miles short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.

Crashed in unknown circumstances in Basra, Iraq. There were no casualties.

While descending to Boise International Airport by night and marginal weather conditions, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck a mountain located 10 miles northeast of the airfield. The aircraft was totally destroyed and both pilots were killed.

While descending into the traffic pattern to Waukesha Airport, at an altitude of 800 feet, the Cessna 402 collided with a Cessna 150 registered N6175G with two people on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in flames in a field. All three occupants were killed.

En route from Cincinnati to Liberal, the twin engine airplane went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in an open field located in the region of Henryville. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

While in cruising altitude over North Florida, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions. The airplane went through a large area of adverse weather with thunderstorm activity when control was lost. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.