Overview
- The ultralight lost control during a landing approach and hit a wooden toilet hut at the Burgebrach ultralight airfield on Wednesday evening.
- The 73-year-old pilot was seriously injured, taken to hospital and is reported stable with no immediate threat to life.
- Witnesses and on-scene photographers said the pilot made multiple approach attempts before the crash and an oncoming thunderstorm brought strong gusts at the time.
- The aircraft was heavily damaged or destroyed and initial material-loss estimates are about €30,000–€40,000 with separate minor damage to the hut reported.
- A police aviation investigator documented the scene and a formal probe is under way with authorities deciding whether the BFU or the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt will take the technical lead.