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| Date: | Saturday 20 January 2018 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2cM |
| Owner/operator: | El Club de Planeadores de Vitacura? |
| Registration: | CC-AZZ |
| MSN: | 287 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pirque -
 Chile
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Vitacura |
| Vitacura | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Chile |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The glider with the competition number Zulu Zulu crashed during the last day of the Sailplane Grand Prix World Finals competition held in Vitacura, Santiago de Chile. According to the news released from the official webpage the Chilean pilot was rescued, but despite the medical care died of his injuries at the same evening in hospital.
Cause: impact with terrain when the pilot failed to keep sufficient separation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.sgp.aero/finals2017/news_add_here/sgp-news/tomas-reich.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2018 09:12 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Jan-2018 09:13 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 07:42 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Nov-2018 11:29 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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