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| Date: | Sunday 3 August 1997 |
| Time: | 17:58 |
| Type: |  Grob G109B |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-K... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Schopfheim -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hütten-Hotzenwald |
| Hütten-Hotzenwald | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Grob G109B motorglider collided in mid-air with a remote controlled aircraft ("Dingo", wing span 2,40 m and a weight of 10 kg) and crashed into a wooded area. Both occupants of the motorglider were killed.
The collision occurred at an altitude between 702 m and 768 m amsl, which corresponds to 219 m and 285m agl.
The Grob should have been at an altitude of at least 600 m agl.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/1997/Bericht_97_3X306-1-2.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2009 03:55 | Vaclav Kudela | Added |
| 11-Jul-2012 13:05 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2012 10:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Plane category, ] |
| 16-Mar-2017 18:21 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Apr-2017 09:39 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jul-2017 09:57 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, ] |
| 26-Jul-2017 10:03 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jan-2019 07:27 | liamdaniel98 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2025 12:26 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, ] |
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