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| Date: | Saturday 5 September 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | glider |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-.... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bad Kissingen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into trees from 50 meters altitude. Pilot unhurt.
Note: July 1959 Germany 59 civil accidents, eight killed (seven in eleven serious motorplane accidents and one in 33 serious glideraccidents), 15 minor accidents (BFU/Mannheimer Morgen 21 AUG 1959, p7)
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 8 September 1959, p5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2015 15:52 | TB | Added |
| 12-Dec-2015 21:07 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 11-Feb-2018 17:43 | TB | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 25-May-2025 12:39 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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