ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30619
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| Date: | xx Jul 1990 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Schleicher Ka 2b Rhönschwalbe |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-6159 |
| MSN: | 149 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, Lower Saxony -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Schleicher Ka 2b Rhönschwalbe D-6159: Written off (damaged beyond repair) July 1990 in an outfield landing at Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany. According to a rough translation from German into English of a description of the accident (but overlooks to state the date, other than "Summer 1990"):
"During the summer holidays of 1990, a group was at a summer camp in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt. One of the participants still had the Platzadler license. Since his ambition was fueled by another student pilot who was also supposed to fly the 50 km, he was given the order to fly the 50 km. Since nothing else was there, just with the Ka 2b.
They flew off together, unfortunately the weather wasn't that great after all. After about 20 km the thermals were gone and the student did a school-style outlanding. The pilot now wanted to show what he can do and cranked the wheel until it turned. He chose the most unlandable field within a radius of 10 km. Crosswise to the wind, rising terrain, approaching over a village, poplar trees approaching, which had to be flown around in an S-curve through a gap in the road.
When intercepting against the mountain, he became too slow. A gust of wind pushed the right surface up and the left it went to the ground. Fracture of the left wing at the height of the aileron drive, when the fuselage impacted, it burst completely.
Planking on the keel rail torn from the molded block behind the wheel. Main frame broken in the middle and separating frame between the front and rear seats broken. Skid bearings pressed into the hull. In short total loss of the hull. Not a single frame was intact, even the tin nose present here had blown off".
Lebenstedt is one of the 31 districts of the independent city of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony , located in the town of Nord . The former village of Lebenstedt belonged to the district of Wolfenbüttel until March 31, 1942 and became part of the city of Watenstedt-Salzgitter by law on April 1, 1942, which was renamed Salzgitter with effect from January 1951.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/ka2.htm
2. https://alles-mit-links.ch/Wordpress/?page_id=394&tempAZ=6&kennzeichenland=D
3. https://neu-rhoenschwalbe-de.translate.goog/index.php?pageid=Geschichten&_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
4. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebenstedt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Sep-2011 09:38 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2021 07:52 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
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