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| Date: | Friday 22 September 2000 |
| Time: | c. 18:15 LT |
| Type: |  Jodel D 18 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | SE-YSH |
| MSN: | 404/EAA:912 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ludvika Airfield (ESSG) -
 Sweden
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Ludvika Airfield (ESSG) |
| Ludvika Airfield (ESSG) | |
| Investigating agency: | SHK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The purpouse was to test the Jodel D 18 at Ludvika Airfield (ESSG) after replacing the magneto on the VW engine. The engine started to misfire after take-off and a forced landing was planned at the glider field (grass) in the flightpath but the engine stared to give power and a left turn to the paved airfield was commenced.
However the aircraft lost altitude during the turn and crashed in a bog south of the airfield.
The pilot was seriously injured but survived much to the crash into the soft bog.
The malfunction of the engine possibly with icing of the carburator caused the crash. Several problems with the engine were found during the investigation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.havkom.se/virtupload/reports/rl2001_14.pdf Swedish crash investigation.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2013 15:39 | Masen63 | Added |
| 29-Oct-2025 07:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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