ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 123038
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| Date: | Sunday 12 June 2011 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: | American Blimp A-60+ |
| Owner/operator: | Lightship Europe Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-TLEL |
| MSN: | 003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Reichelsheim (EDFB), near, (Hessen) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Oberursel |
| Reichelsheim (EDFB) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Airship was flying to display advertisement at a folk festival in Oberursel. Three press and TV reporters were on board to take aerial shots of the event.
When the airship returned to Reichelsheim airfield (EDFB), it was damaged during a hard landing. One main gear leg broke off and the fuselage struck the ground, causing a rupture in the fuel system. A large quantity of fuel was released and ignited.
Pilot advised passengers to jump to safety from low altitude. All three passengers survived. Loss of weight then caused the airship to ascend quickly before the pilot could escape. The hull caught fire, the airship crashed and burnt completely, killing the Australian pilot (52) who in 2014 was awarded a posthumous Australian Star of Courage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlDE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2011/Bericht_11_CX004_Blimp_Reichelsheim.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,768173,00.html
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/weltgeschehen/article13426856/Pilot-verbrennt-qualvoll-bei-Zeppelin-Absturz.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/pilot-dies-as-zeppelin-crashes-in-germany/story-e6frf7jx-1226074137486
http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/nachrichten/indexhessen34938.jsp?rubrik=36090&key=standard_document_41768885
http://www.fnp.de/fnpartikel-rmn01.c.8980985.de
http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/0/3/1906301.jpg (photo)
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/heroic-airship-pilot-michael-nerandzic-among-australian-bravery-decorations-recipients-20140817-104lum.html
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2011 16:28 | TB | Added |
| 12-Jun-2011 22:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2011 01:09 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2011 05:31 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Jun-2011 08:42 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2011 11:20 | flyflyfly | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2012 02:47 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2013 17:47 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2014 06:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2019 16:15 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Destination airport] |
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