Luftsport - Motorglider havarerte i Frankrike - ASN

Date:	16-JUL-2019
Time:	c. 21:00
Type:	DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000T
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	D-KIST
C/n / msn:	10-78T17
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Valernes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence -    France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Sisteron-Theze Airfield (LFNS)
Destination airport:	Sisteron-Theze Airfield (LFNS)

Narrative:
The motorglider crashed under unknown circumstances. Both occupants died in the crash. 
The two-seater motorglider, which took off from the Sisteron-Vaumeilh aerodrome, crashed at almost 1,200 meters above sea level on the territory of the commune of Valernes, in a forested area near the summit of the mountain Hongrie. 

The two victims are two tourists passing through the region, a 64-year-old Belgian, the pilot of the aircraft, and his passenger, a 67-year-old Dutchman.