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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gefa-Flug AS-105 GD 4 · Erin, WI · June 15, 2017

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Date: June 15, 2017 · 11:15 local
Place: Erin, WI
Airport: Erin Aero
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: G-SUNA
Reported as: Gefa-Flug AS-105 GD 4
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 634 total316 in this make and model

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What happened

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On June 15, 2017 at approximately 11:15 am a foreign registered airship tail number g-suna crashed and burned with one person on board while attempting a landing in Erin, Wisconsin. The crash was a result of a rupture in the envelope and the rapid loss of hot air required to sustain the airship aloft. As a result of the crash and fire the airship was completely destroyed. The single pilot on board survived with back injuries and severe burns to over 40 percent of his body. The airship was in the area to provide aerial advertising during the us open golf championship and was being operated under CFR part 91, visual meteorological flight conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 15, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 AM A FOREIGN REGISTERED AIRSHIP TAIL NUMBER G-SUNA CRASHED AND BURNED WITH ONE PERSON ON BOARD WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING IN ERIN, WISCONSIN. THE CRASH WAS A RESULT OF A RUPTURE IN THE ENVELOPE AND THE RAPID LOSS OF HOT AIR REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN THE AIRSHIP ALOFT. AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH AND FIRE THE AIRSHIP WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE SINGLE PILOT ON BOARD SURVIVED WITH BACK INJURIES AND SEVERE BURNS TO OVER 40 PERCENT OF HIS BODY. THE AIRSHIP WAS IN THE AREA TO PROVIDE AERIAL ADVERTISING DURING THE US OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER CFR PART 91, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.