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Date: | Sunday 27 August 2017 |
Time: | 15:48 |
Type: | Grob G103 Twin Astir |
Owner/operator: | Aeroklub Split |
Registration: | 9A-GTW |
MSN: | 3170 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sinj -
Croatia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Sinj Airport (LDSS) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | AIN Croatia |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Glider crashed on the mountain Kamenšnica.
The student, minor, died. Instructor was injured (Broken leg).
CAUSE
Immediate cause
The immediate cause of the accident in question is a sudden and uncontrolled loss of height.
The aforementioned loss of the glider's height was most likely due to a strong wind blow from behind, which caused a drop in the relative speed of the glider and a loss of functionality of the control surfaces.
Contributing factors
The factors that led to the immediate cause of this accident are:
- The meteorological situation in which there is a "spillover" of the wind from one side of the ridge to the other,
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AIN Croatia |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/novosti/crna-kronika/clanak/id/503912/tragedija-na-kamesnici-srusila-se-letjelica-jedna-osoba-smrtno-stradala http://www.ain.hr/Investigations/Download/247 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Aug-2017 19:37 |
Vojko |
Added |
27-Aug-2017 19:38 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
28-Aug-2017 15:40 |
Iceman 29 |
Updated [Narrative] |
07-Sep-2017 10:34 |
Anon. |
Updated [Time] |
10-May-2020 16:59 |
KagurazakaHanayo |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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