ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226332
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| Date: | Thursday 2 August 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2C |
| Owner/operator: | Centre National de Vol à Voile |
| Registration: | F-CCAC |
| MSN: | 89 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Col des Moucherolles -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Airfield (LFMX) |
| Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Airfield (LFMX) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot took off at 12:54 by tow from Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban aerodrome for a circuit flight over the Alps. The pilot flew for more than an hour at an altitude between 3,400 m and 4,200 m.
After about two hours of flight, it made a transition from the Alpine massif to the Vercors massif and then followed a road to the north along a ridge line.
It passed vertically from the top of la petite Moucherolle. As he approached the top of la grande Moucherolle, he made a right turn near the mountainside. At the end of the turn, the glider's left wing hit the terrain and the glider collided with the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/accident-du-planeur-schempp-hirth-ventus-2c-immatricule-f-ccac-survenu-le-02082018-au-col-des-mouc/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 1986 | PH-720 | Private | 1 | Chateau d'Un | |
w/o |
| 11 May 2004 | PH-1164 | Private | 0 | Moorlacken, Unken |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2019 12:24 | harro | Added |
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