Incident Schempp-Hirth Arcus M D-KBWE,
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Date:Tuesday 7 August 2012
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ARCP model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Schempp-Hirth Arcus M
Owner/operator:private
Registration: D-KBWE
MSN: 1
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Castroncello di Castiglion Fiorentino (Arezzo) -   Italy
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Montecchio Vesponi airfield
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Not much after takeoff, the motorglider made an emergency landing in an agricultural field and turned upside down. Sligthtly wounded the two occupants, german tourists.
On August 8th, ANSV opened the safety investigation.

Sources:

http://www.ansv.it/It/Detail.asp?ID=1611
http://web.archive.org/web/20120811001258/http://www.dedalonews.it:80/it/index.php/08/2012/toscana-cade-motoaliante-un-ferito/ (with photo)
http://web.archive.org/web/20121026080208/http://www.arezzonotizie.it:80/home/cronaca/item/85791-aliante-precipita-a-castroncello-due-feriti

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Aug-2012 10:57 Certosino Added
09-Aug-2012 23:54 skihard Updated [Source]
13-Aug-2012 11:08 Anon. Updated [Cn]
27-Oct-2012 00:54 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]

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