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| Date: | Saturday 16 July 2011 |
| Time: | 15:55 LT |
| Type: |  Diamond DA42 Twin Star |
| Owner/operator: | Bonsai Helikopter AG |
| Registration: | HB-LUL |
| MSN: | 42.378 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oberhallau, SH -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport -LSZR |
| St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport - LSZR | |
| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed into a house in Oberhallau, SH, and caught fire. The pilot, who died, was the son of the house owner. His mother was inside the house but escaped unhurt.
A suicide note was found in the house of the pilot. It was concluded that he deliberately crashed his aircraft into the house.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://bazonline.ch/panorama/vermischtes/Polizei-birgt-Leiche-aus-zerstoertem-Einfamilienhaus/story/25739274
http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/zuerich/story/Kleinflugzeug-stuerzt-in-Wohnhaus-28008909
https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/die-letzten-worte-des-amok-piloten-von-oberhallau-bist-du-daheim-ich-komm-gleich-vorbei-id80321.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2011 11:14 | Steinmann | Added |
| 17-Jul-2011 11:16 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jul-2011 17:30 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jul-2011 01:06 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Mar-2019 20:49 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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