Accident Schempp-Hirth Cirrus OK-9254,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224902
 
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Date:Wednesday 8 May 2019
Time:c. 13:10 LT
Type:Schempp-Hirth Cirrus
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: OK-9254
MSN: 17
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Hranice Airport (LKHN), near Přerov -   Czech Republic
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Hranice Airport (LKHN)
Destination airport:Hranice Airport (LKHN)
Investigating agency: UZPLN
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The pilot was performing an aerotow take-off from the public national airport Hranice (LKHN). After about 6 minutes of unsuccessful search for updrafts, in the area of the fourth turn at a distance of about 700m from the LKHN aerodrome, during the second circuit over a roundabout, at low speed and in high bank, the glider went into a corkscrew and crashed on the roundabout on road number 47 near Hranice in Moravia. The glider was destroyed on impact with the ground. The pilot sustained injuries in the accident and succumbed to them on the spot.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: UZPLN
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.idnes.cz/olomouc/zpravy/nehoda-vetron-pilot-smrt-hranice-u-prerova.A190508_144456_liberec-prilohy_mav
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http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/cirrus.htm

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-May-2019 17:45 Anon. Added
09-May-2019 17:46 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Embed code]
09-May-2019 20:38 Iceman 29 Updated [Source, Embed code]
09-May-2019 22:07 Geno Updated [Location, Embed code]
31-May-2021 17:45 harro Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Category, Accident report]

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