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| Date: | Sunday 21 January 2024 |
| Time: | c. 16:50 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-201T Turbo Cherokee Arrow III |
| Owner/operator: | Air Travel Club Birrfeld (ATCB) |
| Registration: | HB-PQG |
| MSN: | 28R-7803047 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360-FB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NE of Emmen, LU -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Raron Airfield (LSTA) |
| Birrfeld Airfield (LSZF) | |
| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Gyroflug SC 01 Speed Canard (HB-UCT) and a Piper PA-28R-201T (HB-PQG) collided in mid-air near Emmen, Switzerland.
The PA-28 force landed in a field near Waltwil while the Speed Canard made an emergency landing at Emmen Airport.
Both aircraft were damaged, the windscreen and propeller of the PA-28 were damaged and the Speed Canard sustained damage to the propeller and undercarriage.
Before the flight, the pilots of both aircraft had agreed to allow the passengers to conduct some air-to-air photography.
Conclusions
The accident, in which two light aircraft collided during cruise flight, was due to the loss of visual contact during a change of side in formation flight.
A contributing factor to the accident was that too little attention was paid to the risks involved in formation flight with changes of position. This can be seen in particular
- in the inappropriate choice of flight manoeuvre for a change of side and
- in the lack of previously defined and discussed measures in the event of loss of visual contact during the formation flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/zentralschweiz/kanton-luzern/crash-zwei-flugzeuge-kollidieren-ueber-dem-kanton-luzern-und-muessen-in-emmen-notlanden-ld.2570238
https://news.lu.ch/html_mail.jsp?id=0&email=news.lu.ch&mailref=000jfci000eyq0000000000000yfjztd
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/hb-uct#33b37cc4
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=4b2942&lat=47.002&lon=8.759&zoom=11.3&showTrace=2024-01-21&trackLabels
https://app02.bazl.admin.ch/web/bazl/en/#/lfr/detail/HB-PQG-31419
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/1/44507_1223450100.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex N47959
Location
Images:
source: Lucerne police
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2024 10:13 | harro | Added |
| 24-Jan-2024 10:14 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, ] |
| 24-Jan-2024 10:25 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jan-2024 11:39 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 07-Oct-2024 16:54 | ASN | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 09-Oct-2024 16:05 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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