Loss of control Accident Comco Ikarus C42B D-MGZZ,
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Date:Tuesday 8 June 2021
Time:c. 14:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic C42 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Comco Ikarus C42B
Owner/operator:Aero-Club Gelnhausen e.V.
Registration: D-MGZZ
MSN: 1401-7296
Year of manufacture:2014
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Gelnhausen Airfield (EDFG) -   Germany
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Gelnhausen Airfield (EDFG)
Destination airport:Gelnhausen Airfield (EDFG)
Investigating agency: BFU
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
In the course of a training flight, during an emergency landing exercise the microlight tipped over and crashed to the ground in an almost vertical trajectory.

Conclusions:
The accident was due to the fact that during an emergency landing exercise in base leg, at low altitude, the minimum airspeed was not reached and a stall occurred unexpectedly.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 4 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.op-online.de/region/main-kinzig-kreis/gelnhausen-hanau-hessen-polizeiflugzeug-absturz-a66-zr-90793919.html
https://www.fr.de/rhein-main/main-kinzig-kreis/gelnhausen-hanau-hessen-polizeiflugzeug-absturz-a66-zr-90793919.html
https://www.ffh.de/nachrichten/hessen/rhein-main/271811-gelnhausen-sportflugzeug-haengt-im-baum.html .

https://www.aeroclub-gelnhausen.de/wp-content/uploads/mgzz-aeroclub-gelnhausen-720-1030x579.jpg (photo)
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8929761

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
2 May 2017 D-MGZZ Aero-Club Gelnhausen e. V. 0 Kleinostheim, Lower Franconia, Bavaria sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jun-2021 14:48 gerard57 Added
08-Jun-2021 14:50 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Damage, Narrative]
08-Jun-2021 15:18 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Jun-2021 15:19 RobertMB Updated [Destination airport, Narrative]
08-Jun-2021 16:16 RobertMB Updated [Source, Plane category]
08-Jun-2021 16:46 Thunderbolt Updated [Plane category]
08-Jun-2021 16:51 harro Updated [Location, Category]
08-Jun-2021 18:48 TB Updated [Registration, Operator, Source]
08-Jun-2021 20:50 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative]
09-Jun-2021 05:58 harro Updated [Cn]
10-Jun-2021 06:31 Anon. Updated [Phase]
10-Jun-2021 19:37 Anon. Updated [Source]
17-Oct-2022 07:40 harro Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, Accident report]

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