Mid-air collision Accident Schempp-Hirth Discus CS HB-3162,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76129
 
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Date:Saturday 7 August 2010
Time:c. 13:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic DISC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Schempp-Hirth Discus CS
Owner/operator:Segelfluggruppe Winterthur
Registration: HB-3162
MSN: 185CS
Year of manufacture:1995
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Near Galmihornhütte at an altitude of app. 2100m, Goms, Oberwallis -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Münster - LSPU
Destination airport:Münster - LSPU
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Mid-air collision of a Discus CS glider with a hang-glider. The pilot of the glider and the pilot of the hang-glider were killed.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.suedostschweiz.ch/newsticker/index.cfm?id=47728
https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/westschweiz/crash-in-2100-metern-hoehe-flugzeug-kracht-in-gleiter-beide-piloten-tot-id56015.html
http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2010/08/07/Schweiz/Zwei-Tote-Segelflugzeug-kollidiert-mit-Gleitschirm-im-Wallis
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-3162.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Aug-2010 14:10 Alpine Flight Added
07-Aug-2010 16:07 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
08-Aug-2010 02:21 Alpine Flight Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport]
11-Aug-2010 15:10 harro Updated [Source]

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