Unfortunately, this morning DA40NG crashed in Germany after departure from Augsburg EDMA. Both occupants perished in the accident.
Notably the first fatal GA accident in the whole Germany/Austria/Switzerland area since October 2022…
Much conflicting information ATM. But what seems to be clear is that debris is all over the place.
I guess it was VFR flight. What was the weather this morning in the crash area?
Unverified: read something about snow showers near the Czech border where the accident happened…
Here are historical weather conditions at closest airport (same valley, just across the border):
METAR LOWL 290650Z AUTO 08005KT 3300 -SN FEW012 BKN014 M00/M01 Q1023 TEMPO 2800 -SN FEW008 OVC015
METAR LOWL 290720Z AUTO 08007KT 9000 -SN FEW011 BKN018 M00/M01 Q1023 TEMPO 4500 -SNRA FEW008 OVC012
Emir wrote:
historical weather conditions at closest airport
Kein gut wx
Antonio wrote:
Kein gut wx
Let’s see….
Agreed!
Found a webcam of Neuschönau, which is the nearest village according to the accident report linked in the first post here. I noted that weather of yesterday’s morning was deteriorating. When they departed Augsburg, the mountains in the background of that webcam were still below clouds, but around the time of the accident they were fully in clouds, so the cloud base was significantly lower.
Around 0800 local time:
And around 1000 local time:
The village Neuschönau is at 770m AMSL.
