Accident SZD-50-3 Puchacz SP-3323,
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Date:Friday 28 August 2009
Time:12:03 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic sz50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
SZD-50-3 Puchacz
Owner/operator:Aeroklub Warszawski
Registration: SP-3323
MSN: B-1549
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Warszawa, Bemowo -   Poland
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:EPBC
Destination airport:EPBC
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
According to witness accounts the glider, piloted by a 50-year-old instructor and his 16-year-old trainee, went into a rapid descent as the crew were trying to return to the Bemowo Airport. Reportedly the aircraft then entered a tailspin and vertically hit the ground at the local allotment gardens, less than 1 kilometer from the airport. Weather was clear with light winds only.

Sources:

https://www.tvn24.pl/wiadomosci-z-kraju,3/to-byly-sekundy-szybowiec-w-korkociagu-lecial-w-ziemie,107143.html
http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/1,34889,6977805,Dlaczego_szybowiec_spadl_na_ogrodki_dzialkowe.html?disableRedirects=true
http://www.dziennik.pl/wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/zdjecia/163465,1,katastrofa-szybowca-w-warszawie.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Aug-2009 05:16 signaal Added
29-Aug-2009 11:05 kajet Updated
30-Aug-2009 09:48 signaal Updated
08-Apr-2012 06:21 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source]
31-Oct-2013 20:24 Alpine Flight Updated [Aircraft type]

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