title: [A suicide decision as a motive for murder--an airplane as the murder weapon].
abstract: It is supposed that some fatal aviation accidents of "cause unknown" especially of light and private airplanes are possibly intended by a suicidal act. However it is difficult to prove this suggestion. A case of a light aircraft accident is reported in which the medicolegal autopsy and the police investigation revealed, unexpected, a simultaneous homicide and suicide caused by a stabbing attack on the pilot. This paper stresses the importance of autopsies of the victims in aircraft accident investigation and discuss the medicolegal and psychopathological aspects of the case.
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D001344:Autopsy; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Suizidentschluss als Mordmotiv--Ein Flugzeug als Tatwaffe.