ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199788
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 2017 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASK 21 |
| Owner/operator: | Darling Downs Soaring Club |
| Registration: | VH-GVJ |
| MSN: | 21923 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bowenville, near Dalby, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | McCaffrey Airfield (YMCF) |
| McCaffrey Airfield (YMCF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The glider nosedived into a field while trying to land. Both occupants (instructor and student) died in the crash. The 2015-built ASK 21 was destroyed.
Sources:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-19/two-killed-in-glider-crash/8959598
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/reports-aviation-incident-near-toowoomba/3225508/
https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/fatal-glider-crash-investigators-rule-out-mechanic/3226373/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4898052/Pilot-s-wife-watches-horror-dies-glider-crash.html
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http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/GVJ
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/ask213.htm
Media:
Wife witnesses husband's fatal glider crash https://t.co/KNxYVwJQ1o pic.twitter.com/o1RynQNkic
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 19 septembre 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2017 07:31 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Sep-2017 07:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2017 08:49 | Pineapple | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 19-Sep-2017 08:53 | harro | Updated [Date, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2017 08:53 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2017 09:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 19-Sep-2017 14:40 | Geno | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 19-Sep-2017 19:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2017 19:45 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Sep-2017 07:43 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
| 21-Sep-2017 16:20 | almost_sente | Updated [Source] |
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