ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145453
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 05-MAY-2012 |
| Time: | 16:50 LT |
| Type: | Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 Tandem Tutor |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | BGA4926 |
| C/n / msn: | 903 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Near Buno-Bonnevaux Airfield - LFFB -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LFFB |
| LFFB |
A Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee glider towing plane (F-GHSH) was returning to the Buno-Bonnevaux Airfield (LFFB) after releasing a glider. The airplane collided with a Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 (BGA4926) that had been launched by a winch four minutes earlier.
Both planes crashed, killing the pilot of the towing plane and both occupants of the glider.
The collision occurred at an altitude of 250 m.
Sources:
http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2012/2012.semaine.18.pdf
http://www.liberation.fr/depeches/2012/05/05/trois-morts-dans-un-accident-de-planeur-dans-l-essonne_816648
http://policeetrealites.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/essonne-trois-morts-dans-une-collision-entre-un-avion-et-un-planeur/
http://www.alvinet.com/actualite/articles/essonne-3-morts-dans-un-accident-de-planeur-12708622.html
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1307391/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2012 13:13 | karyan70 | Added |
| 05-May-2012 13:18 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2012 00:16 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2012 04:06 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2012 03:57 | Wil | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 09-May-2012 07:51 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Nature] |
| 11-May-2012 12:50 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2012 01:02 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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