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| Date: | Wednesday 29 May 2024 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | TechPro Aviation Sportster |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | OK-WUQ59 ? |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Protivín na Písecku -
 Czechia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Strunkovice nad Blanicí |
| Investigating agency: | UZPLN |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After the loss of power the pilot decided to outland in a field, where he hit a deer in a high grass, which caused the aircraft to overturn. The deer died, the pilot was not harmed, airplane is damaged with estimated cost of the damage around 40 thousand eur.
Sources:
https://www.idnes.cz/ceske-budejovice/zpravy/letadlo-ultralight-havarie-pole-les-mrtvy-srnec.A240530_084220_budejovice-zpravy_mrl
https://www.idnes.cz/ceske-budejovice/zpravy/letadlo-ultralight-havarie-pole-les-mrtvy-srnec.A240530_084220_budejovice-zpravy_mrl/foto/nahledy
https://uzpln.cz/pdf/20240719131933.pdf
https://flyer.co.uk/single-seat-merlin-sportster-for-uk/
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2024 11:36 | Anon. | Added |
| 30-May-2024 11:36 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 02-Jun-2024 12:05 | buza | Updated [Country, Photo, ] |
| 02-Jun-2024 12:08 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 04-Jun-2024 04:37 | Anon. | Updated [Country, ] |
| 24-Jul-2024 19:24 | ASN | Updated [Source, ] |
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