Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 1 February 1972 |
Time: | 14:58 |
Type: | 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)
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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.
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VFW 614 flight tests (Flight Int. 17-4-1976)
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accident date:
01-02-1972type: VFW/Fokker VFW.614
registration: D-BABA
accident date:
01-02-1972type: VFW/Fokker VFW.614
registration: D-BABA
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.