Final Report JU52 (HB-HOT), west of Chur Switzerland, 2018

Final Report JU52 (HB-HOT), west of Chur Switzerland, 2018

Publication info
Author
STSB (Switzerland)
Category
Weather Loss of Control Airworthiness
Date of publication
28/01/2021

On 4 August 2018, a Junkers Ju-52 making a low level sightseeing flight through the Swiss Alps crashed killing all 20 occupants after control was lost when it stalled after encountering unexceptional windshear. The Investigation found that the pilots had created the conditions which led to the stall and then been unable to recover from it and concluded that the accident was a direct consequence of their risky behaviour. It found that such behaviour was common at the operator, that the operator was being managed without any regard to operational risk, and that safety regulatory oversight had been systemically deficient.

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