N40158 Stinson 108 Voyager Aviation Accident 2025-06-03
FATAL ACCIDENT (2) Privately Owned Stinson 108 Voyager, N40158, near Sugar Valley Airport (5NC2), Mocksville, NC, June 01, 2025.
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Accident Information
| Approx. Accident Location | Aircraft Fat. | Aircraft Inj. | Ground Fat. | Ground Inj. | ASN Entry |
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| 48°38'14.73"N, 14°50'17.19"E | 2 | 1 - minor | 0 | 0 | Aviation Safety Network |
Aircraft Information
| Type | Operator | Registration | Serial Number | Manufacture Date |
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| Stinson 108 Voyager | Private | N40158 | 108-88 | 1946 |
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ASX Accident Report
On Saturday, 31 May 2025, at approximately 14:30 local time, a ProFe Duo Banjo ultralight motor glider registered as OK-PUA 83 crashed in the town of Steinbach, part of the Brand-Nagelberg municipality in the Gmünd district of Lower Austria. The aircraft, a privately operated Czech-made sailplane manufactured in 2010 (MSN: 08/2010), was piloted by a 63-year-old man from the Czech Republic. Witness reports and preliminary observations suggest that the flight originated from within the Czech Republic and crossed into Austrian airspace before the fatal event occurred.
The aircraft descended abruptly and impacted a residential street within a densely populated area. No other individuals were harmed, and initial assessments reported minimal property damage, limited to items such as fencing. Eyewitness accounts describe hearing a low, fluttering sound shortly before the crash, followed by an impact. First responders, including police, fire services, and medical units, quickly secured the site and established a 70-meter exclusion zone around the wreckage due to the presence of an inactive ballistic recovery system. The parachute system, which is pyrotechnically triggered, had not deployed upon impact, necessitating the involvement of bomb disposal personnel to mitigate any residual risk during recovery operations.
The precise cause of the accident remains undetermined. Investigators are examining several possible contributing factors, including mechanical failure, pilot error, or sudden meteorological changes. No flight plan has been publicly confirmed, and the flight phase during which the accident occurred remains unspecified. The aircraft was destroyed in the event, and the pilot succumbed to his injuries at the scene. Austrian authorities, including forensic aviation specialists, continue to analyze evidence recovered from the crash site to reconstruct the chain of events.
This page will be updated as more information becomes available.
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