ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144575
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| Date: | Saturday 24 March 2012 |
| Time: | 13:31 |
| Type: |  AutoGyro MT 03 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-M... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lommersum, near, Weilerswist, Kreis Euskirchen (NRW) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Weilerswist-Müggenhausen Airfield |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Autogyro Europe MT-03 gyrocopter crashed at the inner courtyard of a house at the Niederberger Straße, Ortschaft Lommersum, Weilerswist, Kreis Euskirchen. The gyrocopter was flying low over the village of Lommersum. The passenger was a member of a wedding day party and was going to release roses over the brides home. As the pilot slowed the gyro it descended and hit a tall roof and then crashed into the courtyard of a house below.
Both occupants were seriously injured and airlifted to hospital.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.rundschau-online.de//html/artikel/1332436856510.shtml
2 http://westreporter.pressefuzzy.de/?p=20233
3. https://www.bild.de/newsticker-meldungen/home/17-absturz-leicht-hubschrauber-23321906.bild.html
4. http://aktuell.meinestadt.de/weilerswist
5. http://gyroaccidents.blogspot.co.uk/ (Entry for 24 March 2012)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2012 13:55 | TB | Added |
| 24-Mar-2012 14:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 24-Mar-2012 14:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 10-Jun-2017 22:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:13 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
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