04jan2016: Cirrus SR20 G-ZOGT ditches into North Sea, Dutch Coastguard searches pilot

[Stratofreighter]

See
ASN Aircraft incident 04-JAN-2016 Cirrus SR-20 (http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=183084)
and
Scramble Messageboard ? Information (http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=120390) :-(

[Jhieminga]

Dutch coastguard has searched the area until late last night. Large parts of the aircraft have been found but the single occupant is still missing. Initial reports were that the aircraft was floating inverted but this turned out to be a large section, not the complete aircraft.

As of this morning two vessels are still in the area and divers will be deployed to continue the search. Apparently the aircraft was on a flight from Gloucester to Osnabruck, not Norwich to Sylt as reported earlier (although these could all be part of a longer flight with multiple stops).

[Stratofreighter]

The body of the 76yo German pilot has been recovered in the sea off Schoorl village by Dutch Navy divers directed by the Dutch Coastguard.

Dutch Aviation Police has started an inquest.

https://www.kustwacht.nl/nl/liveblog040116.html