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| Date: | Wednesday 25 May 2022 |
| Time: | c. 17:50 |
| Type: |  Rolladen-Schneider LS1-f |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-9687 |
| MSN: | 399 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Wershofen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aachen-Merzbrück Airfield (AAH/EDKA) |
| Aachen-Merzbrück Airfield (AAH/EDKA) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was taking part in a gliding competition. After more than 6 hours of flight time on a cross-country glider flight, the glider came into an uncontrolled flight position close to the ground during the outlanding and crashed into the ground.
The pilot was killed and the glider received substantial damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2022/Bulletin2022-05.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/koblenz/absturz-adenau-kleinflugzeug-toter-100.html
https://www.blick-aktuell.de/Nachrichten/Wershofen-Pilot-stirbt-bei-Absturz-von-Segelflugzeug-510639.html
https://www.bild.de/regional/frankfurt/frankfurt-aktuell/mayen-auf-wiese-gekracht-pilot-stirbt-bei-absturz-mit-segelflugzeug-80209026.bild.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2022 05:46 | harro | Added |
| 26-May-2022 05:46 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 26-May-2022 09:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-May-2022 11:24 | harro | Updated |
| 27-May-2022 05:13 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 27-May-2022 05:14 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 27-May-2022 05:14 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 27-May-2022 05:15 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 27-May-2022 06:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 27-May-2022 06:59 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 11-Jun-2022 15:37 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 11-Jun-2022 15:38 | TB | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 15-Jul-2023 05:53 | Anon. | Updated |
| 13-Jul-2024 16:06 | ASN | Updated [Cn, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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