Date:	Friday 19 September 2025
Time:	c. 13:45 LT
Type:	Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub
Owner/operator:	Starbase AG
Registration:	HB-ORK
MSN:	18-7035
Year of manufacture:	1959
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Lake Zug, near Cham, ZG -   Switzerland
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Lake Zug
Destination airport:	Lake Zug
Investigating agency:	BFU
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A float equipped Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub (180hp Lcoming conversion) lost control and crashed during a landing attempt into Lake Zug near Cham, Zug.
The passenger died in the crash and the pilot survived.

https://www.20min.ch/story/kleinflugzeug-kracht-in-den-zugersee-rettungskraefte-im-grosseinsatz-103418315
https://www.urnerzeitung.ch/schweiz/zugersee-flugzeug-stuerzt-ins-wasser-video-vom-crash-ld.4015247
https://www.zentralplus.ch/news/wasserflugzeug-stuerzt-in-cham-in-den-zugersee-2804178/
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/60-year-old-woman-dies-in-aviation-accident-in-cham-zg-2878727.html

https://app02.bazl.admin.ch/web/bazl/en/#/lfr/detail/HB-ORK-1328945
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/HBORK/history/20250919/1128Z
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=4b26bc
https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/HB-ORK_VB_D.pdf

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/562290_1754145343.jpg (photo)

Ex D-ENAG, N2872Z

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


7 August 1963	HB-ORK	Alpar	0	Kanderfirn, BE		sub
13 August 1973	HB-ORK			Häutligen, BE		unk
18 January 2003	HB-ORK	private	0	Rosa Blanche, VS		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Sep-2025 14:23	gerard57	Added
19-Sep-2025 15:08	gerard57	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
19-Sep-2025 16:09	gerard57	Updated [Time, Total occupants, ]
19-Sep-2025 17:27	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, ]
19-Sep-2025 18:57	gianni	Updated [Source, ]
19-Sep-2025 18:58	ASN	Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, Category, ]
19-Sep-2025 19:03	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ]
20-Sep-2025 05:43	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
07-Oct-2025 07:46	ASN	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]