Purkshof airfield
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| ICAO code | EDCX | ||
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| Height above MSL | 20 m (66 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 12 km southwest of Rostock | ||
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| operator | Fliegerclub Rostock e. V. | ||
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| 04/22 | 1100 m × 40 m grass | ||
The airfield Purkshof is a special airfield in the district of Rostock . It has a grass runway 1,100 meters long and 40 meters wide and is approved for gliders , motor gliders , microlights and powered aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of up to 5.7 tons.
history
Even before the Second World War , the Heinkel-Werke used the site as a glider airfield, and during the war it was used by the Air Force as an alternate and staging area. After the flight ban was lifted after the war, the Society for Sport and Technology took over the place in 1955 . Since there was only a barn to accommodate aircraft, the GST had an air traffic control, two hangars , workshops, accommodation as well as offices and classrooms built. In 1956, the place became a district aircraft base. In 1961, the relocated National People's Army two helicopters of the type Mil Mi-4 A with the related art by Purkshof and on April 1, 1963, the GST had the place of the People's Navy passed.
After the turn of the acquired trust the square and handed him over to the reunification first, the Bundeswehr . The Bundeswehr then transferred it to the Rostock Aviation Club, which was founded in 1990 and which still operates it today.
Incidents
- On August 10, 2000, a Socata TB10 took off from the field. Shortly after take-off, the engine malfunctioned and the pilot had to make an emergency landing in a grain field . The aircraft was badly damaged. The pilot was unharmed.
- On July 15, 2012, an Eiri Avion PIK-20 D glider took off in tow behind a Robin DR 400 . Shortly after take-off, the 40-year-old pilot of the glider found that the elevator was not working. He disengaged the tow rope and extended the airbrakes . The front part of the aircraft's fuselage then hit the ground from a height of around thirty meters. The pilot was seriously injured and the glider was badly damaged. The tow plane landed shortly afterwards without any problems. According to his own statement, the glider pilot forgot to connect the elevator when upgrading.
- On August 20, 2015, a Glaser-Dirks Glaser-Dirks DG-100 D glider took off in tow behind a Robin DR 400. At a height of fifteen to twenty meters, the tow rope came off the glider and its pitch became increasingly steep. Then the plane crashed on the grass runway of the square. The glider was destroyed and the 64-year-old pilot was fatally injured.
- On June 18, 2017, an Astir CS 77 glider touched the ground with its left wing while being towed with the winch . The plane then swerved to the left. While the left wing remained on the ground, the aircraft lifted, turned on its vertical axis and hit the ground again at a steep angle. Since the aircraft was still hanging on the winch rope, it was pulled over the runway until the winch could be stopped. The 72-year-old pilot was fatally injured and the glider was badly damaged.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ AIP VFR, Deutsche Flugsicherung, 2018
- ^ Purkshof airfield. parow-info.de, 2015, accessed on April 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Fliegerclub Rostock eV - for over 50 years. Fliegerclub Rostock e. V., accessed April 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Annual report 2000. Federal Aircraft Accident Investigation Agency , April 2001, accessed on April 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Investigation report BFU 3X084-12. Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation , February 20, 2012, accessed on April 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Investigation report BFU 15-1134-3X. Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation , October 22, 2016, accessed on April 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Interim report BFU17-0726-3X. Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation , October 2017, accessed on April 4, 2018 .
