ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145685
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 17-MAY-2012 |
| Time: | 18:30 LT |
| Type: | Glasfaser Flugzeug Service Nimeta |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-KGYY |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bundesstraße 25, between Wallerstein and Wengenhausen, Donau-Ries -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | EDPA |
| EDPA |
During high speed stress test maneuvers with a Nimeta prototype a part of the left wing separated at 2000 m and the powered glider crashed near Bundesstraße 25, between Wallerstein and Wengenhausen, Donau-Ries.
The pilot (49) bailed out.
The Nimeta is a single seat motorglider project. Developed and realized by Bruno Gantenbrink and contructed at the Glasfaser Flugzeug Service works. It has a very long 30.84 m (101.18 feet) span wings from an Eta and the fuselage of a Nimbus 4.
Sources:
http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/noerdlingen/Segelflieger-stuerzt-neben-B25-ab-Pilot-rettet-sich-mit-Fallschirm-id20173556.html
http://www.schwaebische-post.de/615122/
http://www.donau-ries-aktuell.de/2012/05/18/absturz-eines-segelflugzeugs-bei-wallerstein/
http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/4/8/9/0/4/a3569290-107-NimetaEFPFS0382.JPG (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2012 00:36 | TB | Added |
| 18-May-2012 03:46 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2012 11:27 | 129.13.72.198 | Updated [Narrative] |
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