Accident Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18st D-KBMA,
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Date:Monday 24 March 2008
Time:12:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic rls8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18st
Owner/operator:Segelfliegergruppe Markdorf e.V.
Registration: D-KBMA
MSN: 8...
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Gehrenberg, Markdorf, BW -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Markdorf
Destination airport:Markdorf
Investigating agency: BFU
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The powered LS8 glider used a winch takeoff on departure from Markdorf. Several minutes after takeoff the glider was observed flying with an increasing bank. Control was lost and the glider plummeted down.

The pilot was killed.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: BFU
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlcln_005/nn_223970/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2008/Bericht__08__3X013-LS8-Markdorf,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bericht_08_3X013-LS8-Markdorf.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Mar-2008 23:50 relax630 Added
09-Dec-2008 11:33 harro Updated
12-May-2010 10:15 Alpine Flight Updated [Other fatalities, Source]
22-Jun-2012 14:53 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]

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