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| Date: | Sunday 11 June 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf FWP-149D |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | D-EBAS |
| MSN: | 155 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ammerbuch-Poltringen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Whilst performing a hammerhead turn during an airshow, the aircraft did not recover from stall and hit the ground in almost vertical position. The pilot was killed.
Sources:
BFU 3X0187/78
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2010 11:14 | TB | Added |
| 13-Apr-2011 13:40 | TB | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Feb-2012 08:42 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, ] |
| 21-Oct-2018 16:58 | harro | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 21-Nov-2018 22:00 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 07-Oct-2022 10:48 | Hotte | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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