ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189803
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| Date: | Saturday 3 September 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Murphy Renegade Spirit |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-MWRG |
| MSN: | 592 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dierdorf-Wienau Airfield (EDRW) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Dierdorf-Wienau Airfield (EDRW) |
| Dierdorf-Wienau Airfield (EDRW) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The ultralight biplane was participating in the airshow at Dierdorf-Wienau. It had just dropped sweets at the airfield to be collected by children.
Shortly afterwards the aircraft was manoevuring next to the airfield at low altitude when it suddenly nose dived from am altitude of about 40m (120ft) and crashed. It immediately caught fire and was totally destroyed. The pilot died shortly afterwards, despite the immediate help of emergency services present at the airshow.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.ww-kurier.de/artikel/50844-toedliches-ende-eines-flugtages
http://www.fliegerszene.de/renegade.htm
https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=756355 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2016 06:46 | flyflyfly | Added |
| 12-Sep-2016 15:34 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
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