Accident Profe Duo Banjo OK-PUA 83, Saturday 31 May 2025
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Date:Saturday 31 May 2025
Time:c. 14:30 LT
Type:Profe Duo Banjo
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: OK-PUA 83
MSN: 08/2010
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Steinbach, Brand-Nagelberg, Gmünd, Lower Austria -   Austria
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Profe Duo Banjo which reportedly came from Czech Republic, crashed for currently unclear reasons onto a street in the middle of a residential area in the town of Steinbach, Brand-Nagelberg, Gmünd.
Any help came too late for the pilot and the ultralight motor glider was destroyed.
The Ballistic Rescue System was not activated and had to be defused by the bomb squad.

Sources:

https://www.meinbezirk.at/gmuend/c-lokales/neue-details-zum-flugzeugabsturz-in-brand-nagelberg_a7354187
https://m.noen.at/gmuend/unfall-im-waldviertel-update-pilot-starb-nach-flugzeug-absturz-in-steinbach-475829297#475829297-63703,more-article-6
https://kurier.at/chronik/niederoesterreich/segelflugzeug-absturz-wohngebiet-noe-gmuend-brand-nagelberg/403046395?kid=a925c7a718ff0deb018cb1d300b14270e8a63c32

https://media.abpic.co.uk/pictures/full_size_0178/1268380-large.jpg (photo)

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Jun-2025 06:52 SafetyOfficer Added
01-Jun-2025 07:50 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Embed code, ]
01-Jun-2025 12:09 RobertMB Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
02-Jun-2025 09:21 Anon. Updated [Narrative, Category, ]

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