Schmerlat airfield
| Schmerlat airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | SPPF |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 463 m (1519 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 8 km west of Schaffhausen |
| Start-and runway | |
| 07/25 | 540 m × 30 m grass runway |
The airfield Schmerlat ( ICAO code LSPF ) is a gliding field in the communities Neunkirch and Löhningen in Canton Schaffhausen . The airfield is the only airfield in the canton and at the same time the northernmost in Switzerland .
history
The airfield has been operated by the Schaffhausen glider group, founded in 1933, since then.
Incidents
On the evening of August 27, 2016, a single-engine Robin DR 400 machine ( aircraft registration HB-EQN ) crashed there shortly after take-off. Four people were injured and around 80 rescue workers were on duty. One of the injured died in hospital two weeks later.
Web links
Commons : Flugfeld Schaffhausen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Press report Südkurier from August 28, 2016
- ↑ Polizeiticker.ch of August 27, 2016 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ accident report Robin DR.400 HB-EQN , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase (English), accessed on July 8 2017th
