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| Date: | Saturday 21 April 2018 |
| Time: | 12:57 |
| Type: |  Rolladen-Schneider LS8 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Darmstadt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
While taxiing during an aerotow, the tailplane collided with the winglet of a parked glider. The glider rotated about 30° around its vertical axis. A person standing next to the parked glider was injured in the thigh. The elevator and rudder of the towed glider were damaged. The winglets of the parked glider were damaged.
Sources:
BFU18-0433-3X
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