ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137782
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| Date: | Saturday 30 July 2011 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: |  Rolladen-Schneider LS4 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | D-.... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mainhausen-Zellhausen (Hessen) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Zellhausen glider airfield |
| Zellhausen glider airfield | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The rope of the winch released automatically from the glider at an altitude of 50m AGL. Pilot made a 180 degree turn and touched the ground with the wing because of the low altitude. The glider flipped over and was destroyed.
Pilot escaped uninjured.
Sources:
https://www.bild.de/regional/frankfurt/frankfurt-regional/segelflugzeug-verunglueckt--pilot-unverletzt-19142782.bild.html
http://www.presseportal.de/polizeipresse/pm/43561/2087470/pol-of-pressebericht-des-polizeipraesidiums-suedosthessen-in-offenbach-vom-sonntag-31-07-2011
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2011/Bulletin2011-07.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2011 04:06 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 31-Jul-2011 04:45 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 20:59 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2020 09:41 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
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