D-EXTA — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

November 2, 2010Accident
At the day of the accident, the pilot, accompanied by his wife, planned to fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to the Cottbus-Drewitz Special Airfield under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) with a Piper PA 46-350P. Prior to the flight he refueled 400 liters and submitted a flight plan.
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) · 2 fatalities
The accident is caused by a loss of control, when the aircraft changed from visual to instrument flight conditions during landing approach. The following contributing factors were: - the loss of visual reference in the turn, - the change form automatic to manual flight control during a bank attitude, - the permanently high speed during the landing approach. Full accident record