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| Date: | Wednesday 8 May 2019 |
| Time: | c. 13:10 LT |
| Type: | Schempp-Hirth Cirrus |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | OK-9254 |
| MSN: | 17 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hranice Airport (LKHN) -
 Czechia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hranice Airport (LKHN) |
| Hranice Airport (LKHN) | |
| Investigating agency: | UZPLN |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was performing an aerotow take-off from the public national airport Hranice (LKHN). After about 6 minutes of unsuccessful search for updrafts, in the area of the fourth turn at a distance of about 700m from the LKHN aerodrome, during the second circuit over a roundabout, at low speed and in high bank, the glider went into a corkscrew and crashed on the roundabout on road number 47 near Hranice in Moravia. The glider was destroyed on impact with the ground. The pilot sustained injuries in the accident and succumbed to them on the spot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.idnes.cz/olomouc/zpravy/nehoda-vetron-pilot-smrt-hranice-u-prerova.A190508_144456_liberec-prilohy_mav
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http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/cirrus.htm
Location
Media:
Hanice near Přerov - Czech Republic - Bezmotorový kluzák odpoledne havaroval na okraji Hranic na Přerovsku. Stroj dopadl na zatravněný střed velkého kruhového objezdu v hranické místní části Drahotuše. Pilot havárii nepřežil.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) 9 mai 2019
ASN: https://t.co/K5y84s20oDhttps://t.co/fZVquiw70Y pic.twitter.com/cdhkUEWH0T
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-May-2019 17:45 | Anon. | Added |
| 09-May-2019 17:46 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 09-May-2019 20:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 09-May-2019 22:07 | Geno | Updated [Location, Embed code, ] |
| 31-May-2021 17:45 | harro | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
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