ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347535
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| Date: | Thursday 2 November 2023 |
| Time: | c. 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR20 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-ESFB |
| MSN: | 1087 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near St Andrä im Lungau, Tamsweg, Salzburg -
 Austria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Zagreb-Pleso Airport (ZAG/LDZA) |
| Salzburg-W. A. Mozart Airport (SZG/LOWS) |
The Cirrus SR20 crashed in woodland, by motorway B95, near St Andrä im Lungau, Austria.
The four occupants perished in the accident.
Weather with rain and strong southerly winds (Föhn) may have been a factor in the accident. The aircraft was recently sold to a new owner. The ballistic parachute was not deployed.
Eyewitness accounts on the news sites report the aircraft "going nearly vertical" shortly before crash and having trouble navigating in thick cloud cover.
Sources:
https://salzburg.orf.at/stories/3230869/
https://www.salzburg24.at/news/salzburg/lungau/motorsegler-absturz-im-lungau-fordert-zwei-schwerverletzte-147941584
https://thelocalgermany.de/39677/motorsegler-in-st-andrae-im-lungau-abgestuerzt-zwei-personen-schwer-verletzt/
https://www.epochtimes.de/blaulicht-kategorie/vier-tote-bei-absturz-von-kleinflugzeug-in-oesterreich-a4467771.html
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/54178_1589282999.jpg (photo)
Location
Media:
Vier Tote bei Absturz von Kleinflugzeug in Österreich
— Epoch Times Deutschland (@EpochTimesDE) November 3, 2023
Bei schwierigem Flugwetter mit dichter Bewölkung und Windturbulenzen stürzt ein Kleinflugzeug auf dem Flug von Zagreb nach Salzburg ab. Für die vier Insassen kommt jede Hilfe zu spät.https://t.co/l8znEGtgCM
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2023 15:39 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Nov-2023 15:58 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 03-Nov-2023 10:26 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 03-Nov-2023 20:26 | Anon. | Updated |
| 04-Nov-2023 14:59 | Aerossurance | Updated |
| 05-Nov-2023 20:37 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2023 11:37 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2023 20:08 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport] |
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