DG-800 collides with terrain during local flight in Bernese Alps

The pilot of a DG Flugzeugbau DG-800 S on a local flight from Saanen (LSGK) was fatally injured in a collision with terrain near Mittaghore (Lenk, Bernese Alps); the aircraft was destroyed. The glider impacted mountainous terrain in the Bernese Alps during the local flight. Circumstances and the cause of the terrain collision remained under investigation, with no determined findings available.