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Small plane crash in Gmunden: Pilot and passenger remain unharmed!
On December 18, 2024, there was an incident involving a small aircraft at Gmunden-Gschwandt airfield. The pilot and his passenger were uninjured despite the dangerous incident when the brakes failed during the wet landing. The Aircraft Accident Commission is investigating the causes of the incident.
Small plane crash in Gmunden: Pilot and passenger remain unharmed!
On Wednesday, December 18, 2024, a dramatic incident occurred at Gmunden-Gschwandt airfield. A 65-year-old pilot from Gmunden and his 39-year-old companion carried out an exercise in a two-seater small aircraft. During the landing maneuver, the brakes failed on the wet asphalt, causing the tires to lock and the pilot to lose control of the aircraft. To avoid crashing over the embankment, he steered the aircraft to the left, which eventually caused it to land in a field and crash over a small embankment. Fortunately, both occupants remained uninjured 5min.at reported.
Meanwhile, a tragic aviation accident occurred in the Waldviertel. On Sunday, December 2nd, 2024, a small plane crashed at the Pfarrstuhl near Groß-Siegharts. The 83-year-old pilot, a member of the Union Fliegergruppe Waldviertel association, died in the accident. The crash was witnessed by an eyewitness at 3:30 p.m. As a result, a large-scale search operation was launched, but this was made considerably more difficult by dense fog and darkness. Ultimately, the emergency services could only reach the stricken vessel on foot and found the pilot dead. The public prosecutor's office ordered an autopsy while the State Criminal Police Office began investigating the cause of the accident, reported NÖN.at.