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| Title: | Loss of altitude and crash following takeoff, Final Report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau concerning the accident to the aircraft Cessna CE 560 Citation V, HB-VLV operated by Eagle Air Ltd. Aircharter + Taxi on 20 December 2001 at Zurich-K |
| Micro summary: | Following takeoff, this Citation V lost altitude, and crashed. |
| Event Time: | 2001-12-20 at 2107 UTC |
| File Name: | 2001-12-20-CH.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) |
| Publishing Country: | Switzerland |
| Report number: | 1829 |
| Pages: | 99 |
| Site of event: | Near runway 14, Zurich Kloten |
| Latitude/Longitude: | N 47° 28’ 24’’ E 008° 32’ 28’’ |
| Departure: | Zurich International Airport (Kloten Airport), Kloten, Switzerland |
| Destination: | Bern Airport (Berne-Belp), Berne, Switzerland |
| Airplane Type(s): | Cessna CE 560 Citation V |
| Flight Phase: | Takeoff |
| Registration(s): | HB-VLV |
| Operator(s): | Eagle Air |
| Type of flight: | Ferry |
| Occupants: | 2 |
| Fatalities: | 2 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 0 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | The accident is attributable to the fact that the crew of HB-VLV did not continue their climb after take-off. As a result the aircraft came in a descent and collided with the terrain. The investigation determined the following causal factor for the accident: • With a high degree of probability the crew lost spatial orientation after take-off, leading to an unintentional loss of altitude. The following factors contributed to the accident: • The copilot’s basic training in instrument flying did not include night instrument take-offs. • The crew’s method of working was adversely affected by great time pressure. • Executing the take-off as a rolling take-off was not adapted to the prevailing meteorological conditions. • There was no system in the aircraft which triggers an alarm in the event of a loss of altitude after take-off (GPWS). • The instrumentation on the copilot’s side of the aircraft involved in the accident was not optimal. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Airspace - GPWS |
| Operations - Uncontrolled Flight into Terrain | |
| Other - Regulatory Oversight | |
| Other - Workplace Culture or Management | |
| Consequence - Hull Loss |
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