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Aviation accident CEN10LA459
1 fatal · SCHEMPP-HIRTH VENTUS-2B · 2010-08-04 · Batesville, TX, USA
Event
- NTSB number
CEN10LA459- Event ID
20100805X84210- Type
- Accident
- Date
- 2010-08-04
- Location
- Batesville, TX, USA
- Coordinates
- 29.043611, -99.671943
Injuries
- Highest injury
- FATL
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 0
- Minor
- 0
- Uninjured
- 1
- Total aboard
- 2
Aircraft
- Make
- SCHEMPP-HIRTH
- Model
- VENTUS-2B
- Registration
- N7470C
- FAR Part
- 091
- Engines
- 0
- Damage
- SUBS
Conditions
- Light
- DAYL
- Weather
- VMC
Probable cause
Both glider pilots’ inability to see and avoid the other resulting in a mid-air collision.
Source
- Authoritative
- NTSB CAROL
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown