ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198329
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| Date: | Sunday 13 August 2017 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Glaser-Dirks DG-800B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | HB-2370 |
| MSN: | 8-229B143 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bifé Dessus, Corbières -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LSTR |
| LSTR | |
| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Glider crashed near Corbières in Switzerland. The pilot (42) received fatal injuries and the glider was destroyed.
Causes:
The accident is due to the fact that the glider veered towards a ridge line and that, following its overflight, control of the glider was lost and it collided with the ground in a steep hillside meadow.
The reasons for the turn to the ridge and the circumstances of the loss of control could not be determined with certainty.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.bote.ch/nachrichten/panorama/absturz-eines-segelflugzeugs-in-corbieres;art46441,1031189
http://www.polizeiticker.ch/news/artikel/corbieres-fr-absturz-von-segelflugzeug-fordert-todesopfer-104817/
https://www.arcinfo.ch/articles/suisse/un-mort-dans-le-crash-d-un-planeur-a-corbieres-fr-693393
https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/HB-2370.pdf
Media:
Crash d'un planeur dans un pâturage à Corbières (FR): un mort - swissinfo.ch https://t.co/dwPiWR8R5H #Àlaune pic.twitter.com/mDw64ix9Rn
— News JS Suisse (@newsjsfrCH) 13 août 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2017 07:38 | domad | Added |
| 14-Aug-2017 10:35 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2017 10:40 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 16-Aug-2017 19:01 | MKAP | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 08:22 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2018 19:58 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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