ASN Aircraft accident VFW/Fokker VFW.614 D-BABA Bremen Airport (BRE)
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Date:Tuesday 1 February 1972
Time:14:58
Type:Silhouette image of generic VF14 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
VFW/Fokker VFW.614
Operator:VFW-Fokker
Registration: D-BABA
MSN: G001
First flight: 1971-07-14 (7 months)
Total airframe hrs:30
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Bremen Airport (BRE) (   Germany)
Phase: Maneuvering (MNV)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Bremen Airport (BRE/EDDW), Germany
Destination airport:Bremen Airport (BRE/EDDW), Germany
Narrative:
Since its first flight on July 14, 1971, the VFW/Fokker VFW.614 prototype was engaged in several test flights. Changes were made following elevator flutter problems during test flights. For the flight on February 1, 1972 the airplane had been fitted with flutter dampers.
The flight test called for an asymmetric flutter at 220 kt and 10,000 feet. This time the flutter could not be eliminated by slowing down and the crew abandoned the aircraft. Co-pilot Hans Bardill was killed when his parachute failed to open. The airplane entered a vertical dive and crashed.

Sources:
» VFW 614 flight tests (Flight Int. 17-4-1976)


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accident date: 01-02-1972
type: VFW/Fokker VFW.614
registration: D-BABA
photo of VFW-Fokker-VFW-614-D-BABA
accident date: 01-02-1972
type: VFW/Fokker VFW.614
registration: D-BABA
 

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