ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16525
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 April 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASK 13 |
| Owner/operator: | Norsk Teknisk Høyskoles Flyklubb |
| Registration: | LN-GBG |
| MSN: | 13069 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fagernes -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Strandefjorden |
| Strandefjorden | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Fagernes, Norway on 10/4/1968
Collided with another glider, LN-GBW, approximately 400m AGL on a ridge about 1 km east of Fagernes. The aircraft was hit by the Ka-8 from above, lost a wingtip and entered a spin like maneuver hitting the ground in a forrest after some 10-13 seconds. Both occupants died instantly. They were 16 and 17 years old.
Sources:
Norwegian Civil Aircraft since 1919 / K. Hagby, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 2 7)
http://antonakis.ca/registers/Norway.txt
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/ask13.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2008 13:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Dec-2012 14:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2014 14:48 | 450kts | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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