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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 2023 |
| Time: | c. 14:20 |
| Type: |  Eiri-Avion PIK-20D |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-0536 |
| MSN: | 20648 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wetzlar-Garbenheim Airfield -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Wetzlar-Garbenheim Airfield |
| Wetzlar-Garbenheim Airfield | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Eiri-Avion PIK-20D struck a house and crashed onto a road (Rathenaustrasse) and striking a car in Wetzlar, Hessen.
The pilot was killed and the glider was destroyed. A woman in the car sustained minor injuries.
Sources:
https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/leichtflugzeug-in-wetzlar-abgestuerzt---pilot-stirbt-autofahrerin-verletzt-v2,absturz-leichtflugzeug-wetzlar-100.html
https://wirsiegen.de/2023/05/flugzeugabsturz-in-wetzlar-kleinflugzeug-touchierte-haus-und-prallte-gegen-einen-pkw/373047/
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=d00d85&lat=50.568&lon=8.501&zoom=14.6&showTrace=2023-05-28&trackLabels
http://www.lvb-segelkunstflug.de/bilder/pik20d_d0536_windenstart_720x600.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex OH-536
Media:
Flugzeugabsturz in Wetzlar (Hessen) – Kleinflugzeug touchierte Haus und prallte gegen einen PKW https://t.co/84eXuJm2IB pic.twitter.com/nIEJgDeMUa
— wirsiegen (@wirsiegen) May 28, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2023 16:27 | CzudemW | Added |
| 28-May-2023 16:30 | harro | Updated |
| 28-May-2023 16:47 | Commander114 | Updated |
| 28-May-2023 17:08 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 28-May-2023 19:03 | Anon. | Updated |
| 28-May-2023 19:53 | Anon | Updated |
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