ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153052
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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 1997 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Deutscher Wasserflieger-Verband |
| Registration: | D-EEKL |
| MSN: | 18-5330 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Bolmen, Ljungby -
 Sweden
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Feringe (ESMG) |
| Investigating agency: | SHK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The a/c was missed by some freinds and they localized the a/c crashed in Lake Bolmen lying upside down with the pilot sitting on the floater from another a/c. They could not land due to bad weather and low on fuel but they called some other friends that went by land. They arrived 40 min later but pilot could not be found at the scene and he was found drowned two days later.
Cause: the pilot had landed the a/c on water with the landingwheels deployed and that the emergency services was not called in the first place.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.havkom.se/virtupload/reports/c1998_29.pdf Swedish Crash Investigation
- coptercrazy: German Regbook
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2013 07:31 | Masen63 | Added |
| 03-Jun-2013 11:51 | Uli Elch | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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