ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 242697
Last updated: 10 April 2021
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| Date: | 20-SEP-2020 |
| Time: | c. 16:05 |
| Type: |  Pitts S-1S Special |
| Owner/operator: | Plane Fun Inc TR Trustee |
| Registration: | N25LM |
| C/n / msn: | LM101 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rugendorf -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kulmbach Airfield (EDQK) |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Germany |
The aircraft, an experimentally Lynn Maness built Pitts S-1S Special, impacted a meadow in a near vertical descent in Rugendorf, Germany.
The airplane was destroyed and the sole pilot onboard was fatally injured.
It appears that the pilot lost control while doing aerobatics.
Sources:
https://www.kurier.de/inhalt.landkreis-kulmbach-flugzeug-absturz-ein-toter.a94951bf-9c75-4b52-9fc5-503f7eb1c121.html
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N25LM
https://www.flugzeug-bild.de/1200/private-n25lm-pitts-s-1s-special-131712.jpg (photo)
Images:
Photo of N25LM courtesy AirHistory.net
Kirchheim unter Teck - Hahnweide (EDST)
9 September 2016; (c) Mick Bajcar
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2020 15:21 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Sep-2020 15:59 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 17:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 17:51 | private pilot | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 17:55 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 18:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 18:59 | Captain Adam | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
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