Overview

• Officials say the Cessna 172R experienced a sharp drop in engine RPM and multiple misfires shortly after takeoff from Egelsbach airfield.
• With the aircraft losing altitude rapidly, the 35-year-old instructor executed a controlled emergency landing in a harvested field.
• The 27-year-old student and instructor escaped without injuries as the plane came to rest about 30 meters before a nearby stream and tree group.
• Local police documented the event and have arranged for the aircraft’s removal for a technical inspection to check for potential damage.
• The incident adds to a string of recent small-aircraft emergency landings in Germany without prompting a Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation probe.