ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239240
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| Date: | Friday 7 August 2020 |
| Time: | 16:55 UTC |
| Type: |  Rolladen-Schneider LS4 |
| Owner/operator: | Luftsportgruppe Weissenhorn e.V. |
| Registration: | D-3485 |
| MSN: | 4530 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,5 km from Weißenhorn Airfield (EDNW) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Weißenhorn Airfield (EDNW) |
| Weißenhorn Airfield (EDNW) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Rolladen-Schneider LS4 glider (D-3485) crashed after suffering a mid-air collision with a Diamond HK-36TTS Super Dimona motorglider. The glider crashed in a field, killing the pilot.
The other aircraft with two persons on board made a safe emergency landing at Weißenhorn Airfield. There was substantial damage to the right-hand wing.
Sources:
https://www.new-facts.eu/weissenhorn-zwei-kleinflugzeuge-in-der-luft-kollidiert-389685.html
https://www.swp.de/blaulicht/ulm-neu-ulm/weissenhorn-flugzeug-absturz-emershofen-unglueck-kleinflugzeuge-in-schwaben-zusammengestossen-polizei-neu-Ulm-50322955.html
https://www.donau3fm.de/weissenhorn-pilot-stirbt-bei-flugzeug-zusammenstoss-84507/
https://www.lsg-weissenhorn.de/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_LS4a_D-3485_2fc74971d9.jpg (photo)
Media:
#Absturz in #Weißenhorn mit einem Totem: Wie kam es zur Katastrophe? #Polizei https://t.co/xK4kH9Uija pic.twitter.com/JZd2JdRc14
— TAG24 NEWS Stuttgart (@Tag24S) August 8, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2020 07:14 | Copi | Added |
| 08-Aug-2020 07:19 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2020 07:23 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 08-Aug-2020 07:49 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2020 09:08 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 23-Oct-2020 10:23 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-May-2022 05:57 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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