N515VW

Safety history

• April 17, 1969AccidentHull loss

  While descending to Basel Airport in marginal weather conditions at an altitude of 2,000 feet, the crew informed ATC about navigation problems and requested the permission to climb to 3,500 feet over the Homburg beacon. Due to traffic, the crew was cleared to climb to 2,500 feet only when few dozen seconds later, the aircraft disappeared from radar screens. SAR operations were quickly conducted but the wreckage was found three days later, on April 20, by a farmer in an open field located in Corb

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• April 16, 1969Accident

  Département fédéral des transports et communications et de l’énergie No l969/12 601 Rapport final de la Commission fédérale d’enquête sur les accidents d’aéronefs concernant l’accident de l'avion Lear Jet 25 N-515 VW survenu le 17 avril 1969 près de Corban/BE Séance de la commission R A P P O R T F I N A L de la Commission fédérale d’enquête en cas d’accidents d’aéronefs concernant l’accident de l’avion Lear Jet 25, N-515 VW survenu le 17 avril 1969 près de Corban/BE 0. RESUME L’avio

  Lear Jet 25 · 2 fatalities