ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137414
Last updated: 27 February 2021
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| Date: | 14-JUL-2011 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Glasflügel H-206 Hornet |
| Owner/operator: | Beverley Soaring Society |
| Registration: | VH-GHX |
| C/n / msn: | 80 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bluff Knoll, Stirling Range National Park, about 85 km NE of Albany, W -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | YABA |
| YABA |
Two gliders were flying together, and one of them crashed 300 metres from the summit of Bluff Knoll, a 1,099-metre peak in Stirling Range National Park, about 85 km north east of Albany, Western Australia. The pilot - named in contemporary press reports as Alfred Rosche, aged 43 - was killed.
Sources:
1. http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/desperate-search-in-vain-after-glider-crashed-into-mountain-20110714-1hg6w.html
2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-15/glider-killed/2795954
3. https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/man-dies-in-bluff-knoll-glider-crash-80km-north-of-albany/story-e6frg13u-122609504380
4. http://www.news.com.au/national/man-dies-in-bluff-knoll-glider-crash-80km-north-of-albany/story-e6frfkp9-1226095043801
5. https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/glider-pilot-died-living-his-dream-ng-42330edaeb161d4aabda0b75dc6393dc
6. http://www.waga.org.au/documents/minutes/20110915%20WAGA_minutes_15%20Sep%202011_web.pdf
7. http://www.beverley-soaring.org.au/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=312.
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff_Knoll
Media:
VH-GHX first flight
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2011 20:38 | RobertMB | Added |
| 15-Jul-2011 09:49 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 15-Jul-2011 16:38 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 10-Dec-2012 01:21 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2013 11:05 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 01-May-2014 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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