Mid-air collision Accident Grob G109B D-K...,
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Date:Sunday 3 August 1997
Time:17:58 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic G109 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grob G109B
Owner/operator:
Registration: D-K...
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Near Schopfheim -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Hütten-Hotzenwald
Destination airport:Hütten-Hotzenwald
Investigating agency: BFU
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
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:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BFU
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/1997/Bericht_97_3X306-1-2.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
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]

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