Mid-air collision Incident Panavia Tornado IDS 44+00, Tuesday 23 June 1998
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Date:Tuesday 23 June 1998
Time:14:37 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic TOR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Panavia Tornado IDS
Owner/operator:JBG 31 Luftwaffe
Registration: 44+00
MSN: GS067/4100
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:near Hundsbach/Schwarzwald -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Nörvenich (ETNN)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: BFU
Narrative:
Mid-air collision with a Glaser-Dirks DG-100G (D-6638) glider. The glider crashed in a forest at Hundseck, killing the pilot. The Tornado emergency landed at Ramstein AB.

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

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20150923234910/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Tornado_Germany.htm
Hamburger Abendbatt 24.6.1998
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlcln_030/nn_223970/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/1998/Bericht__3X191-1-2.98,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bericht_3X191-1-2.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-May-2011 07:59 TB Added
07-Apr-2012 05:30 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
14-Aug-2012 04:00 TB Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
17-Nov-2013 17:53 Anon. Updated [Operator, ]
09-Dec-2013 11:08 TB Updated [Operator, ]
18-Jan-2014 19:16 TB Updated [Cn, ]
05-Nov-2019 14:22 TB Updated [Operator, ]
06-Jan-2020 19:36 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator, ]

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