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| Date: | Sunday 2 May 1999 |
| Time: | 16:35 |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASW24 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wasserkuppe Airfield (EDER) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Wasserkuppe Airfield (EDER) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On final the glider got into an uncontrolled flight attitude. It came to contact with the ground with the left wing, then sideways to the landing gear. Upon impact, the pilot suffered a double broken vertebra. Glider badly damaged.
Sources:
BFU 3X051-0/99
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Oct-2020 10:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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