Date:	Monday 1 August 2011
Time:	12:55 LT
Type:	Glasflügel 401 Kestrel
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	D-2197
MSN:	93
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Wispile, near Gsteig, BE -   Switzerland
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Saanen Airport - LSGK
Destination airport:	Saanen Airport - LSGK
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A Glasflügel H401 Kestrel, on a local flight from Saanen Airport (LSGK), hit some tree tops, lost a wing and crashed into hight terrain at Wispile, near Gsteig, BE.
The pilot was killed.

http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Segelflieger-bei-Gstaad-abgestuerzt-28406348
https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/thun/Wispile-Segelflugzeug-bei-Waldrand-abgestuerzt/story/13966691

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Glasflugel-401-Kestrel/1890223/L (photo)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Aug-2011 01:03	Alpine Flight	Added
02-Aug-2011 06:45	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
02-Aug-2011 11:10	Geno	Updated [Location, ]
03-Aug-2011 01:46	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, ]
21-May-2015 07:46	Alpine Flight	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ]