- Date
- August 5, 2015, 08:40 local (08:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hundwil, Switzerland
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- HB-YMGKitfox Series 7
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 91717
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On August 5, 2015 about 0840 UTC, a Kitfox Series 7 airplane, Swiss registration HB-YMG, impacted into a forest near Hundwil-Appenzell, Switzerland. The pilot and the passenger were killed, and the airplane was destroyed. Visual Meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The local flight departed from Lommis Airfield (LSZT), Switzerland. This Investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Swiss government. Any further information may be obtained from: Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board Aviation Division Aeropole 1, Route de Morens, 1530 Payerne Switzerland Telephone: +41 58 466 33 00 Facsimile: +41 58 466 33 01 E-mail: info@sust.admin.ch This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HB-YMG
- Reported as
- Kitfox Series 7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Rotax 912S, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed