Accident Schleicher ASK 21 EC-JEQ,
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Date:Wednesday 2 June 2021
Time:17:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ask1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Schleicher ASK 21
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: EC-JEQ
MSN: 21791
Year of manufacture:2005
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Category:Accident
Location:Senegüé, Sabiñánigo -   Spain
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Santa Cilia airfield
Destination airport:Santa Cilia airfield
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The ASK 21 glider, registration EC-JEQ, suffered an accident during an off-field landing south of the town of Senegüé in the municipality of Sabiñánigo (Huesca).
The aircraft had taken off for a competition flight for the Pyrenees Cup, with origin and destination in the same aerodrome and with the pilot and a passenger on board.
During the flight, and due to the impossibility of gaining altitude with no guarantee of being able to reach the aerodrome with sufficient margin, the aircraft made an emergency landing in a corn field and pivoted on its right wing.
The pilot was uninjured and the passenger was seriously injured.

Causes/contributing factors
The cause of the accident was the performance of an emergency off-field landing in a field planted with a tall cereal crop.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Report number: A-023/2021
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 3 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://amp.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/huesca/2021/06/02/evacuado-el-piloto-de-un-ultraligero-tras-caer-en-un-campo-de-cereal-en-sabinanigo-1496821.html
https://www.radiohuesca.com/amp/comarcas/accidente-de-ultraligero-con-dos-heridos-en-seneguee-02062021-155052.html
https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/aragon/2021/06/02/ultraligero-ocupantes-estrella-cerca-sabinanigo-52549505.html
https://www.mitma.es/organos-colegiados/ciaiac/investigacion/2021/a-023-2021

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jun-2021 06:36 gerard57 Added
03-Jun-2021 06:39 gerard57 Updated [Departure airport, Source]
15-Jun-2021 18:48 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source]
23-Jun-2021 15:32 harro Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
11-Sep-2022 17:09 harro Updated [Narrative, Accident report]

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