Date:	Thursday 1 March 2012
Time:	18:58
Type:	Cessna 750 Citation X
Owner/operator:	Asia Today Ltd.
Registration:	N288CX
MSN:	750-0219
Year of manufacture:	2003
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce AE3007C1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	ca 4 km E of Egelsbach Airport -   Germany
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Linz-Blue Danube Airport (LNZ/LOWL)
Destination airport:	Egelsbach Airfield (EDFE)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A Cessna 750 Citation X corporate jet, N288CX, was destroyed in an accident near Egelsbach Airport, Germany. All five on board were killed.
The flight departed Linz Airport (LNZ), Austria on a flight to Egelsbach. The airplane was approaching runway 27 when the crew switched from IFR to VFR. Shortly afterwards the jet struck trees and came down in a wooded area. A fire erupted.

17:20 UTC / 18:20 local time:
EDFE 011720Z 03003KT 4000 BR FEW008 09/08 Q1025
Wind 030 degrees at 3 knots; Visibility: 4000 m; Mist; few clouds, at 800 feet above aerodrome level; temperature 9°C, dew point 8°C; QNH 1025 mb

18:20 UTC / 19:20 local time:
EDFE 011820Z AUTO 06002KT //// R27/P2000N // /// 08/08 Q1025
Wind 060 degrees at 2 knots; Runway 27, touchdown zone visual range is more than 2000 meters; temperature 8°C, dew point 8°C; QNH 1025 mb

Süddeutsche Zeitung
RP-online
BFU CX005-12

photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM); November 2008

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