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| Date: | Saturday 16 May 1981 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Grob G102 Astir |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-1818 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kaprun area -
 Austria
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Missing in bad weather. Pilot Gerhard Jahns (54). Last radio contact over Zell am See. Search helicopter crashed.
Sources:
BFU 4X024-81
Hamburger Abendblatt 19 May 1981
Weser-Kurier 18 May 1981, p12
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2019 21:06 | TB | Added |
| 07-Jun-2025 10:38 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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