Fatal accident Switzerland

[sitigeltfel]

Does anyone have any further info on this crash?

Plane Crash in Switzerland Kills 5 - ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/plane-crash-switzerland-kills-16235026#.T55HX8WWwtI)

[achimha]

20 Minuten Online - Sechs Menschen sterben bei Flugzeug-Crash - Romandie (http://www.20min.ch/community/leser_reporter/story/Tote-bei-Flugzeug-Crash-in-der-Romandie-17604175)

A 6-seater SEP Piper aircraft, i.e. something like a Lance or a Saratoga. Supposedly the aircraft was flying very low and circling overhead a house to greet relatives on the terrasse. This site reports that all 6 on board died.

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

Circling around a house? Looks like a spin-in according to that picture... a classic accident scenario.

[peterh337]

That seems so stupid...

I wonder about that other bizzare 5x fatal piston twin crash in Switzerland, a year or so ago, discussed here, which seemed to have nil forward speed and a very high vertical speed, and more or less wrapped its wings around the mountain ridge, ejecting the cockpit "contents" in all directions.

['Chuffer' Dandridge]

Circling around a house? Looks like a spin-in according to that picture... a classic accident scenario.

Brilliant! Accident solved by looking at a picture. Who needs the AAIB (or Swiss equivalent)?:rolleyes:

[Grassfield]

Could possibly have been weather related. Switzerland experienced an unusually strong foehn with very high winds even at low levels on Saturday. Weather stations close (by the lake geneva) reported above 100km/h of winds at lake level. Needless to say winds of such strength creates strong mechanical turbulence and rotors. A famous ski tour competition zermatt-verbier was cancelled in the middle of the race due to weather on sat morning. Reported winds in the alpine area (at altitude) were more than 200 km/h at its peaks. A known alpine refuge had half of its roof blown off - and these huts are built to withstand significant weather...