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| Date: | Monday 12 May 2008 |
| Time: | 14:22 LT |
| Type: | Bölkow Phoebus A1 |
| Owner/operator: | Flugsportverein Passau-Fürstenzell e.V. |
| Registration: | D-6181 |
| MSN: | 788 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Furstenzell Airfield (EDMF) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Furstenzell Airfield (EDMF) |
| Furstenzell Airfield (EDMF) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The glider had flown for half an hour when it returned to the airfield. A Dimona plane had stopped on the runway to let a passenger embark. It then taxied back to the runway 16 threshold. In the meantime the Phoebus was seen on the approach flying very slow. It banked and the pilot lost control. The glider crashed.
The pilot was killed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.htmlcln_005/nn_223970/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2008/Bericht__08__3X040__Phoebus-F_C3_BCrstenzell,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bericht_08_3X040_Phoebus-F%C3%BCrstenzell.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2008 12:07 | harro | Added |
| 10-Aug-2008 01:10 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 23-Jun-2012 01:46 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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