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Date: | Saturday 3 September 2011 |
Time: | 15:24 LT |
Type: | Grob G102 Astir CS |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | C-GKHO |
MSN: | 1333 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mount Swansea area of Windermere, south of Invermere, BC -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | CAA8 |
Destination airport: | CAA8 |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Two glider planes crashed near Windermere, south of Invermere, BC, following a midair collision.
The pilots lost control and the gliders crashed into the side of Mount Swansea. The pilots, who were the sole occupants of the gliders during a flight from Invermere -CAA8, were killed.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Fatal+sailplane+crash+near+Invermere/5351739/story.html]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.calgarybeacon.com/2011/09/calgary-man-one-of-two-sailplane-pilots-killed-in-tragic-accident-sunday-in-invermere/]
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Sep-2011 07:28 |
gerard57 |
Added |
04-Sep-2011 11:07 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
04-Sep-2011 13:19 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Sep-2011 23:16 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
06-Sep-2011 23:46 |
Alpine Flight |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |