In Braunschweig, a 79-year-old pilot died in the cockpit of his motor glider during a flight. The Scheibe SF 25 C machine circled over a residential area for a long time before crashing. Doctors now assume heart failure in the captain, who was reportedly highly experienced and had thousands of logged flight hours.
It was a tragic accident when a motor glider hit two residential buildings in Lübbrechtsen in the Hildesheim district in August after a three-hour flight from Magdeburg, according to focus.de. The machine collapsed on impact and was completely destroyed. It was assumed that the pilot would die immediately.
According to a Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) report, this should have been dead long before the crash.
Attempts to make contact were unsuccessful, the pilot was already dead
During the flight, the man initially had contact with the flight controller via radio. He had sailed in the direction of the Harz and announced that he wanted to return to Magdeburg. However, on the eastern edge of the Harz, the pilot suddenly changed course. Then radio contact was completely lost. The pilot no longer responded to questions from Braunschweig and the Tower of Hanover, focus.de reports.
Witnesses stated that the motor glider approached the town of Lübbrechtsen from the north. The machine flew very low. Finally, the plane banked and crashed at about 6:20 PM. Two homes sustained damage, but no one was injured.
Source: Krone
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