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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 2021 |
| Time: | c. 17:15 |
| Type: | Grob G103C Twin III Acro |
| Owner/operator: | Eschweger Luftsportverein eV |
| Registration: | D-6679 |
| MSN: | 34202 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Stauffenbühl Airfield, Eschwege -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stauffenbühl Airfield |
| Stauffenbühl Airfield | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Upon landing, a pilot lost control of a Grob G103C Twin III Acro at Stauffenbühl Airfield, Eschwege. Both pilot and passenger died in the crash and the glider was destroyed.
At 17:15 the glider was on approach to runway 20. As the glider flew past the winch, the winch operator observed that at an altitude of about 30 m above ground level, the front canopy opened and the pilot attempted to hold it in place or close it again. As a result, the glider entered a steep banked turn and hit the ground about 40 m behind the beginning of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://osthessen-news.de/n11647986/tragischer-unfall-auf-segelflugplatz-zwei-manner-bei-rundflug-verunglueckt.html
https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/zwei-tote-bei-absturz-eines-segelflugzeugs-bei-eschwege,zwei-tote-segelflugzeug-unglueck-eschwege-100.html
https://nh24.de/2021/06/23/absturz-von-segelflugzeug-fordert-zwei-todesopfer/
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/44143/4950535
https://www.elv-eschwege.de/verein/flugzeugpark/
https://metar-taf.com/nl/airport/DE-0165
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 2011 | D-6679 | Eschweger Luftsportverein eV | 0 | Stauffenbühl Airfield, Eschwege | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2021 07:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Jun-2021 09:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2021 09:49 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jun-2021 06:01 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Aug-2022 10:01 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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