Incident Aeroprakt A-22L2 D-MEET, Saturday 1 March 2025
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Date:Saturday 1 March 2025
Time:c. 14:06 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AP22 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aeroprakt A-22L2
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: D-MEET
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:near Heidelberg, Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Baden-Württemberg -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Bad Durkheim Airfield (EDRF)
Destination airport:Bad Durkheim Airfield (EDRF)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
An Aeroprakt A-22L2, on a local sightseeing flight from Bad Dürkheim Airfield (EDRF), Bad Dürkheim, Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Rhineland-Palatinate, experienced problems when the windscreen and side window broke. The ultralight made an emergency landing at the disused Heidelberg Army Heliport (ETIE), Heidelberg, Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, Baden-Württemberg.
The solepilot suffered minor injuries and the ultralight received minor damage.

Sources:

https://www.schwetzinger-zeitung.de/orte/schwetzingen_artikel,-schwetzingen-flugzeug-gelingt-notlandung-in-heidelberg-_arid,2288834.html?&npg
https://www.rnz.de/region/heidelberg_artikel,-Heidelberg-Notlandung-eines-Ultraleichtflugzeugs-auf-dem-Airfield-bei-Pfaffengrund-_arid,1520864.html

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DMEET/history/20250301/1253Z/EDRF/EDIU

https://cdn.plnspttrs.net/07851/d-meet-private-aeroprakt-a22-l2_PlanespottersNet_1431612_0c9fa1ba53_o.jpg (photo)

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Mar-2025 17:01 MadMax Added
01-Mar-2025 17:03 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Damage, Narrative, ]
01-Mar-2025 17:14 MadMax Updated [Time, ]
01-Mar-2025 17:40 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
01-Mar-2025 20:32 RobertMB Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, ]

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