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Date: | Sunday 29 July 2012 |
Time: | 15:24 LT |
Type: | Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus X |
Owner/operator: | Flugsportverein Gießen e.V. |
Registration: | D-9747 |
MSN: | 525 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Grebenhain, Nösberts-Weidmoos -
Germany
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | EDGR |
Destination airport: | Gedern |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Stalled and crashed into wooded area during approach to Gedern Airfield. The five year-old Duo Discus X is a w/o.
Both occupants escaped uninjured.
Sources:
https://osthessen-news.de/n1217358/grebenhain-segelflugzeug-bei-vaitshain--abgestuerzt--totalschaden--piloten-unverletzt.html http://www.fuldaerzeitung.de/nachrichten/schlitzerbote/Schlitz-Segelflieger-stuerzen-bei-Landeanflug-ab;art112,598847
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.fsv-giessen.de/fsv/index.php?title=Datei:Duo1.jpg] (picture of the glider)
Revision history:
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30-Jul-2012 06:01 |
Alpine Flight |
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