Date:	Wednesday 29 March 2017
Time:	15:30
Type:	Schempp-Hirth Discus bT
Owner/operator:	Union Sportfliegergruppe Ybbs
Registration:	OE-9405
MSN:	143/251
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Accident
Location:	Unteramt (Gresten-Land) -   Austria
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	St. Georgen/Ybbsfeld Airfield (LOLG)
Destination airport:	St. Georgen/Ybbsfeld Airfield (LOLG)
Investigating agency:	UUS Austria
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Hard landing. Pilot injured.

Probable causes:
- Hard touchdown with the fuselage on a meadow.
Probable factors:

- Little experience with the use and operation of the retractable engine.
- Insufficient reserve height for extension and commissioning of the retractable engine.
- Reduced performance and irregular running of the retractable engine.
- Downwind area with high sink rate.
- Increased stress due to the unplanned outlanding required.

http://www.heute.at/news/oesterreich/noe/chronik/Segelflugzeug-stuerzte-im-Bezirk-Scheibbs-ab/;art88128,1414115
BFU 17-0235-DX
Files of German reg office LBA
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1485092

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Mar-2017 08:51	transylvhwp	Added
31-Mar-2017 08:56	transylvhwp	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
31-Mar-2017 13:51	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
31-Mar-2017 14:52	Geno	Updated [Cn, Source, ]
20-Oct-2018 19:31	harro	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]
24-Jun-2025 08:16	Gerhardt	Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]