Date:	Sunday 19 November 2006
Time:	20:00 UTC
Type:	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4DM
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	D-KOGH
MSN:	60
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Zapala, NE -   Argentina
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	SAHZ
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	JIAAC
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Collided with the mountain during ridge soaring in Argentinia killing both occupants. The pilot and the copilot were Austrians.

Cause
During a sports flight of a motor glider configured as a glider, in practice of "mountain wave flight", impact against the slope of a hill for not maintaining the necessary separation and safety height.

http://www.jiaac.gob.ar/files/pdf/Bol37.pdf
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https://jiaac.gob.ar/files/2364335.pdf

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