Overview
- A newly purchased propeller plane crashed upside down into a house near Ganderkesee, Niedersachsen, and both people on board were killed.
- One of the victims was Turgut Pencereci, a longtime Brandenburger water manager and co-executive of the Deutscher Bund der verbandlichen Wasserwirtschaft.
- Police seized the wreck for evidence, reported the aircraft had no flight recorder, and estimated property damage at €750,000 to €1,000,000.
- Investigators have not yet determined which occupant was at the controls and are examining mechanical, human and environmental causes.
- The house’s four residents were away and unhurt, and Pencereci’s death removes an influential voice on regional and national water policy.