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| Date: | Friday 2 July 2004 |
| Time: | 14:35 |
| Type: | Grob G103a Twin II |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | F-CFKD |
| MSN: | 3588 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Saint-Affrique - LFIF -
 France
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | LFIF |
| LFIF | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The canopy of the glider opened shortly after take-off during the aero-tow. The pilot released from the tow-plane and was forced to fly back to the airfield. He recognized that he was too low an made an emergency crash-landing in a field with high grass about 200m away from the runway.
Both occupants escaped uninjured.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/docspa/2004/f-kd040702/htm/f-kd040702.html
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2004/f-kd040702/pdf/f-kd040702.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jan-2012 02:35 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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