Fatal Crash
Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 9:59 pm
At 3pm May 9th, the pilot was thermalling somewhere between 100-200ft above the top of Towers (AKA Contract Point). The pilot appears to initiate a right turn into lift when suddenly the glider begins go weightless and gets forced out of the right turn and rolled to the left. The left roll was strong enough for the glider to have flipped completely upside down, the pilot fell into the sail towards the back and left of the glider, at this point it appears that the left outboard leading edge section broke, evidence of stressed luff line clip and the manner in which leading edge broke indicate a strong negative loads. It is presumed that the broken wing would have induced a rapid spin until the pilot and glider struck the hillside with force causing fatal trauma.
A detailed report is being developed by the investigating team.
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A detailed report is being developed by the investigating team.
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