Accident Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18 HB-3238, Thursday 10 July 2008
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Date:Thursday 10 July 2008
Time:17:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic rls8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18
Owner/operator:Vol à voile Club Valais
Registration: HB-3238
MSN: 8126
Year of manufacture:1997
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Nendaz -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Sion - LSGS
Destination airport:Sion - LSGS
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Crashed in mountain Bec Montau killing the pilot and destroying the aircraft.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 11 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. http://www.polizeinews.ch/page/50242/6/
2. http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-3238.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Jul-2008 22:56 Bleiente Added
12-Jul-2008 00:06 harro Updated
28-Nov-2010 06:03 Alpine Flight Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ]

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