ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283703
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| Date: | Saturday 24 September 2022 |
| Time: | c. 18:15 |
| Type: |  Zlín 526AFS Akrobat Special |
| Owner/operator: | Kunstflugstaffel Gera |
| Registration: | D-EWQL |
| MSN: | 1217 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gera-Leumnitz Airfield (EDAJ) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gera-Leumnitz Airfield (EDAJ) |
| Gera-Leumnitz Airfield (EDAJ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Two Zlín 526AFS Akrobat Special aircraft of Kunstflugstaffel Gera collided in mid air near Gera-Leumnitz Airfield (EDAJ), Thuringia and crashed in a field.
Both pilots, Dieter Geipel (73) and Michael Storeck (42), died and both aircraft were destroyed.
Sources:
https://m.bild.de/news/inland/news-inland/piloten-krachten-in-der-luft-zusammen-zwei-tote-bei-kunstflieger-crash-in-thueri-81425772.bildMobile.html
https://www.thueringen24.de/thueringen/article300003762/thueringen-flugzeugabsturz-gera-flugzeug-unfall-news.html
https://www.rnd.de/panorama/flugzeugabsturz-bei-gera-bericht-von-zwei-todesopfern-QHHOFGWLIQ3STNPHWMFB3S5JIA.html
https://www.bild.de/video/clip/video/video-zeigt-absturz-in-gera-zwei-piloten-tot-flugzeuge-verhaken-sich-und-fallen-81428872.bild.html (accident video)
https://www.kunstflug-staffel.de/kunstflugzeuge/
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/22638_1573410594.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex DDR-WQL, DM-WQL
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2022 21:55 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 25-Sep-2022 02:18 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2022 02:19 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Sep-2022 12:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2022 13:49 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2022 12:26 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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