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| Date: | Saturday 15 July 2017 |
| Time: | 12:46 LT |
| Type: |  Robin DR.400/180R Remorqueur |
| Owner/operator: | Segelfluggruppe Bern |
| Registration: | HB-KFK |
| MSN: | 1939 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Bern-Belp (LSZB) -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bern-Belp airport (LSZB) |
| Bern-Belp airport (LSZB) | |
| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft lost altitude and struck the chimney and roof of a building while the pilot was performing a tight turn to increase spacing with a glider that was landing ahead of the aircraft.
Rescue services freed the 44-year-old pilot from the cockpit and he was flown to a hospital by helicopter.
Causes:
The accident was caused by the pilot losing control of the aircraft during a tight turn at low altitude above ground, resulting in a collision with an obstacle.
The pilot's decision to increase the distance to a preceding glider with a full circle near the ground during the final approach is considered causal for the accident.
The following factors have been identified as directly contributing to the accident:
* The pilot approached the airfield in a way that increased mental capacity and made airspace observation difficult.
* The pilot's little training in handling go-arounds favoured the decision to fly a full circle close to the ground;
The following factors contributed systemically to the accident:
* The Flarm collision warning system was not integrated without technical problems and was switched off by the pilot so that no warning was generated against the glider in front.
* The agreement between air traffic control and the glider group meant that the pilot was not given any traffic information regarding the preceding aircraft.
* The agreement between air traffic control and the glider flight group was wrongly interpreted by numerous pilots - including the accident-pilot - because their implementation was demanding.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.toponline.ch/news/schweiz/detail/news/flugzeugabsturz-in-wohnquartier-in-belp-0068924/
https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/bern-freiburg-wallis/kleinflugzeug-in-belp-abgestuerzt
https://amp.blick.ch/news/schweiz/bern/kamin-von-wohnblock-dach-gerissen-propeller-flugzeug-in-belp-be-abgestuerzt-id6997051.html
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http://www.airframes.org/reg/hbkfk
https://www.sgbern.ch/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_kfk_f05d69fa90.jpg
Location
Media:
A plane crashed in Belp, Switzerland.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 15 juillet 2017
Un petit avion s'écrase à Belp, Suissehttps://t.co/Ww1gH6oMwI pic.twitter.com/Qmwer7z4Wk
Wohnblock-Dach aufgeschlitzt! Flugzeug-Absturz in Belp BE - https://t.co/7rB64X1way pic.twitter.com/IbeMb33Ok9
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 16 juillet 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jul-2017 18:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Jul-2017 18:10 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jul-2017 18:14 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 15-Jul-2017 18:42 | tommymaurer | Updated [Source, ] |
| 15-Jul-2017 22:30 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 16-Jul-2017 07:31 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jul-2017 13:23 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jul-2017 13:31 | gofer | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jul-2017 17:09 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Dec-2018 12:23 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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