Hang glider (Lilienthal glider) crash, Aug 9, 1896 (1 killed)
Hang glider (Lilienthal glider) accident on August 9, 1896 near Gollenberg hill near Stoelln and Rhinow, Germany with 1 fatality. Cause: Aerodynamic...
- Date: August 9, 1896
- Aircraft: Hang glider (Lilienthal glider)
- Location: Gollenberg hill near Stoelln and Rhinow, Germany
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Aerodynamic stall after the glider pitched up. Some accounts attribute the loss of control to a gust or thermal updraft.
Otto Lilienthal crashed while gliding from the Gollenberg hill near Stoelln. The glider stalled and pitched down, and he was fatally injured. He died in a Berlin clinic the next day.