What happened
On October 27, 2016, at approximately 0946 UTC, a Mooney M20T, registration N400MW, impacted the runway at Saarbrucken-Ensheim Airport (EDDR) in Saarbrucken, Germany. The aircraft was performing a non-scheduled, personal cross-country flight from Pattonville Airport (EDTQ) in Remseck, Germany.
Prior to the accident, the aircraft entered a holding pattern east of the airport for two hours. The pilot was attempting an ILS approach to land under instrument meteorological conditions. Although the tower cleared the aircraft for landing, the tower controller was unable to visually identify the airplane due to the prevailing weather. At the time of the impact, visibility was reported at 0.1 mile due to fog, with a runway visual range of 22 meters.
The accident resulted in 1 fatality for the pilot on board. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.