ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197139
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| Date: | Friday 4 August 2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASW 24E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-KAXX |
| MSN: | 24829 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Rabenstein/Fläming -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Holzdorf Air Base (ETSH) |
| Holzdorf Air Base (ETSH) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The glider pilot attended the International Military Gliding Competition at Holzdorf. It was missing at the end of the competion day. A police helicopter found the wreck of the glider during the following night on a field near Rabenstein/Fläming. The 46 year old pilot was found dead in the glider.
Conclusions:
The aircraft accident was most likely due to not starting the outlanding in a timely manner and not flying an appropriate landing pattern with a stabilized final approach, resulting in ground contact with the left wing and subsequent impact of the fuselage nose with the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/brandenburg-polizei-rabenstein-flaeming-flugwettbewerb-segelflugzeug-absturz-sachse-gestorben-306753
https://www.freiepresse.de/NACHRICHTEN/SACHSEN/Pilot-stirbt-bei-Absturz-mit-Segelflugzeug-artikel9968810.php
https://www.welt.de/regionales/sachsen/article167404520/Pilot-stirbt-bei-Absturz-mit-Segelflugzeug.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://mediathek.rbb-online.de/tv/Brandenburg-aktuell/Segelflieger-t%C3%B6dlich-verungl%C3%BCckt/rbb-Fernsehen/Video?bcastId=3822126&documentId=44996388]
Media:
A Schleicher ASW 24E glider crashed in Germany.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 5 août 2017
Sachse stirbt bei Segelflugzeug-Absturz https://t.co/8G6Ef12FU0 pic.twitter.com/Rm8SUZfXb6
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2017 15:16 | Flymax | Added |
| 05-Aug-2017 16:03 | gnomy | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2017 17:21 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 06-Aug-2017 11:04 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 14-Apr-2022 18:52 | harro | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report] |
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