Accident Rolladen-Schneider LS4 HB-1937, Friday 25 July 2008
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Date:Friday 25 July 2008
Time:13:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ls4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Rolladen-Schneider LS4
Owner/operator:private
Registration: HB-1937
MSN: 4664
Year of manufacture:1987
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Alp Muntarütsch, Gde Samedan/GR -   Switzerland
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Samedan LSZS
Destination airport:Samedan LSZS
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The wing struck a tree and the glider crashed in a forest.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU Switz.
Report number: DX024-0/08
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 10 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. http://www.polizeinews.ch/page/51533/6/
2. http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-1937.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jul-2008 12:02 Bleiente Added
28-Jul-2008 11:02 harro Updated

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