Accident to the glider Glaser Dirks DG1001M registered D-KVDG on 19/03/2017 at Le Vernet (04)

Heurt avec des arbres et collision avec le sol

Responsible entity

France - BEA

Investigation progression Closed

Progress: 100%

Local flight Sisteron AD (04).

Thirty minutes after take off from Sisteron AD, the motorglider hit several trees and collided with the ground in a stream next to a field

Final report (FR) (2018/02/02)

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General information
Local date	19/03/2017
Responsible entity	France - BEA
State or area of occurrence	France - 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Location	Le Vernet
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	1
Number of serious injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
Occurence category	UNK: Unknown or undetermined
File number	BEA2017-0129

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Sailplane (Glider) - Retractable powerplant
Operator	Germany
Manufacturer / Model	GLASER DIRKS - DG1000
Aircraft Registration	D-KVDG
State of registry	Germany
Last departure point	France - LFNS : Sisteron-Thèze
Planned destination	France - LFNS : Sisteron-Thèze
Flight phase	Unknown
Serial number	10-158M8
Operator Type AG	Private owner
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Pleasure - Local

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