Date:	Sunday 27 August 2017
Time:	c. 14:00 LT
Type:	Hoffmann H-36 Dimona
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	JA2406
MSN:	36251
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tsubakuro valley, Fukushima city, Fukushima prefecture -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Fukushima Sky Park
Destination airport:	Fukushima Sky Park
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A motor glider went missing after third take off of the day from Fukushima Sky Park at 13:11 LT. No radio contact with the glider and no cellphone contact with two occupants were established. The occupants told that they would go to see Mt. Azuma-kofuji (1707 m peak) nearby the departure airport. The glider was found crashed vertically in a forest at Tsubakuro valley, about 1200 m altitude site of Mt. Azuma, 15 km from the departure airport next morning. The right wing was separated from the fuselage, and the left wing was bent at the middle. Two occupants were rescued, however, one of them (captain) had suffered fatal injuries. A witness reported the glider flew too low and subsequent sound of crash.

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http://web.archive.org/web/20170828062611/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20170828/k10011115441000.htmlutm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_012
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http://web.archive.org/web/20170831050844/http://news.tbs.co.jp:80/newseye/tbs_newseye3140948.html
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http://web.archive.org/web/20170904080355/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20170829/k10011117331000.htmlutm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_031

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Aug-2017 13:46	isamuel	Added
27-Aug-2017 14:06	isamuel	Updated [Source]
28-Aug-2017 06:12	isamuel	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]
28-Aug-2017 07:51	isamuel	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
28-Aug-2017 10:29	Iceman 29	Updated [Embed code]
29-Aug-2017 15:17	isamuel	Updated [Source, Narrative]