Crash of a Learjet 35A at Hohn AFB: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 15, 2023 at 1247 LT
Operator:
Registration:
D-CGFQ
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hohn - Hohn
MSN:
35-676
YOM:
1993
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a local training mission out from Hohn AFB. Shortly after takeoff from runway 26 (3 km long), while in initial climb, the airplane went out of control and crashed on a grassy embankment, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed. It was reported that the crew was completing a training operation jointly with the German Air Traffic Control Center.
