Accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan D-FOLE,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321514

Date:	Wednesday 6 May 2009
Time:	11:19
Type:	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator:	OLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport
Registration:	D-FOLE
MSN:	208B0523
Year of manufacture:	1996
Total airframe hrs:	4778 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Dornum - Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Emden Airport (EME/EDWE)
Destination airport:	Langeoog Airfield (LGO/EDWL)
Investigating agency:	BFU
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Cessna Grand Caravan, registration D-FOLE, was damaged following a midair collision with a Cessna FR172K Hawk XP. Both aircraft landed safely.
The Grand Caravan plane operated on a cargo flight from Emden Airport (EME) to Langeoog Airport (LGO). The flight was descending for Langeoog when it collided with Cessna FR172K Hawk XP, registration D-EISP (msn FR172-0633) operated by Frisia Luftverkehr Norddeich (FLN). The collision occurred at a height of 1000 feet. The Cessna 172 operated on a VFR flight from Wangerooge Airport (AGE) to Norden-Norddeich Airport (EDWS). The collision caused damage to the Caravan's right hand main gear and underbelly cargo pod. D-EISP lost a two metre long part of the right hand wing, but was able to divert to Emden for an emergency landing. D-FOLE continued to Langeoog were it landed safely.

The BFU closed the investigation by publishing a factual report which did not contain a probable cause statement.

Accident investigation: