Schönhagen Airport
Schönhagen Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDAZ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 41 m (135 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 5 km west of Trebbin |
| Street |
 At the airfield
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| Basic data | |
| opening | 1936 |
| operator | Flugplatzgesellschaft Schönhagen mbH |
| Flight movements |
45,000 |
| Runways | |
| 07/25 | 1510 m × 23 m asphalt |
| 12/30 | 700 m × 18 m asphalt |
| 12/30 | 760 m × 40 m grass |
The Schönhagen Airport ( ICAO code : EDAZ ) is a commercial airport in Trebbiner district Schönhagen in Brandenburg. Several maintenance companies, aircraft yards and flight schools as well as a glider club are located at the site.
The asphalt runway 07/25 is usually used for powered flight. Lanes 12/30 are only used in exceptional cases. To the south of and parallel to runway 07/25 is the 1000 m long glider airfield for towing and winch starts for gliders . The airfield is located in airspace G with a radio mandatory zone , from 1000 ft AGL into airspace E, from 2500 ft into airspace C. A sector in airspace C up to 3500–4500 ft can be released on request for gliding The traffic situation at Schönefeld Airport determines the approved height.
history
The area around Löwendorfer Berg has been used for gliding since 1928 . The Wehrmacht Air Force , which expanded the site from 1936, ran Trebbin Air Base as an emergency landing site. However, no airborne units were stationed. Between 1937 and 1945 there was a "Reich School for Glider Flying " of the National Socialist Aviation Corps , a paramilitary air sports organization that operated glider flights in Schönhagen. Towards the end of the war, a reduced-span version of the DFS Habicht was used for pre-training on the Me 163 rocket fighter . It was also planned to set up a new unit equipped with the gliding version of the “Volksjäger” He 162 , but this was no longer realized due to the near end of the war. In the morning hours of April 22, 1945, the Red Army occupied the site and operated a workshop on the site for a while and used the buildings of the flight school as residential buildings.
During the GDR times, the school combine of the Society for Sport and Technology " Ernst Schneller " was located on the site , in which, among other things, the basic training of pilots in preparation for military pilot training with the NVA took place. On January 31, 1952, Karl Liebeskind carried out the first take-off of an GDR aircraft with a SG 38 in Schönhagen. This is also where the FSS-100 Tourist , a two-seater sports aircraft, was built. It was the only aircraft of its kind designed and built in the GDR.
After the fall of the Wall , the airfield was and will be continuously expanded. Both runways were asphalted, the main runway was lengthened and equipped with lights .
Older properties and parts of buildings on the airfield site have been rebuilt or modernized in order to create administration, conference and check-in rooms.
The airfield is owned and operated by Flugplatzgesellschaft Schönhagen mbH , which is funded by the public sector .
On November 24, 2008, the last aircraft to take off from Tempelhof Airport landed in Schönhagen .
Instrument flight operations were approved in June 2016. The IFR flight operations has been added to the AIRAC date 11 October 2018.
Incidents
- On May 17, 1997, a Moravan Z-42 M took off on a sightseeing flight . About half an hour after take-off, the aircraft entered an exaggerated flight condition for unknown reasons. This caused a spin and the plane crashed. The pilot and one passenger were killed.
- On July 5, 1997, a Socata TB 10 took off with three people on board for a briefing flight. After a traffic lap the pilot carried out a touchdown and go-around . The aircraft only touched down at the halfway mark. After taking off, it gained altitude only slowly, fell for an unknown cause about 1.5 kilometers from the airfield into a forest and caught fire. The pilot to be instructed died in the aircraft wreck. The other two occupants were seriously injured, from which the flight instructor died six weeks later.
- On May 1, 1999, a Wassmer WA-54 took off on a circular flight. About 900 meters behind the runway , the engine failed at a height of about 50 meters. The pilot initiated a right turn, which resulted in a stall . The plane tilted to the right, hit the ground hard, and caught fire shortly after. The pilot and passenger were able to escape seriously injured from the wreck.
- On August 28, 1999, a PZL Bielsko SZD-50 glider took off in winch launch . This resulted in a slackening of the cable pull. As a result, the aircraft went into a spin and hit the ground. The pilot was seriously injured in the accident.
- On May 17, 2008, a Zenair Zodiac CH 601 D took off on a transfer flight . About fifteen minutes after take-off, the plane crashed into a forest. The cloud base was at that time at the height of the tree cap. The 47-year-old pilot and his passenger were killed.
- On September 23, 2009 an Aquila AT01 took off for a flight to Gera . After take off, the aircraft turned to the left. During the curve, the bank increased and the machine finally crashed into a forest with its nose lowered. The 69-year-old pilot was fatally injured.
- On May 21, 2011 a Remos GX took off on a sightseeing flight. Shortly after take-off, the pilot flew over Saarmund airfield at a height of about three hundred meters . At the same time an Astir CS Jeans glider took off there in winch launch . Shortly after releasing the glider, it collided with the Remos GX. The wings of both aircraft were severed by the collision and the fuselages fell to the ground. The 58-year-old sailing student as well as the 48-year-old pilot of the Remos GX and his passenger were killed in the accident.
- On October 31, 2014, a Mooney M20 crashed into a field after going through a tree strike. The pilot was slightly injured.
- On September 30, 2018 at around 1:30 p.m., a Hughes 300 helicopter had an accident after refueling. One person was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
literature
- Jürgen Zapf: Airfields of the Air Force 1934–1945 - and what was left of them. Volume 1: Berlin & Brandenburg. VDM Heinz Nickel , Zweibrücken 2001, 3-925480-52-8.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-1945 Germany (1937 Borders) , p 650 , accessed on 25 October 2016th
- ↑ Johannes Höntsch: Schönhagen and the last contingent. In: Fliegerrevue No. 2/1997, FlugVerlag Berolina, ISSN 0941-889X , p. 36.
- ↑ investigation report 3X115-0 / 97th (PDF) Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau , January 2002, accessed on April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Investigation report 3X239-0 / 97. (PDF) Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau , February 1999, accessed on April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ investigation report 3X052-0 / 99th (PDF) Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau , September 2000, accessed on April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Investigation report 3X227-0 / 99. (PDF) Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau , July 2001, accessed on April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Investigation report 3X046-0 / 08. (PDF) Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau , June 2008, accessed on April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ investigation report 3X164-09. (PDF) Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau , February 13, 2013, accessed on April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Investigation report 3X060-11. (PDF) Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau , May 2011, accessed on April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Bulletin - Accidents and Disruptions in the Operation of Civil Aircraft. (PDF) Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau , October 2014, accessed on April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Helicopter crashed on the airfield in Schönhagen. Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung , September 30, 2018, accessed on September 30, 2018 .
