Incidente de Ka 6CR en Kempten-Durach resulta en fatalidad durante vuelo de entrenamiento
El 18 de junio de 2006, un vuelo de entrenamiento con un Alexander Schleicher Ka 6 CR en Kempten-Durach terminó trágicamente. El piloto estudiante, que volaba solo, entró en un trompo del cual no pudo recuperarse. El planeador impactó contra el suelo casi verticalmente, resultando en la destrucción de la aeronave y la lesión fatal del piloto. Las condiciones meteorológicas eran favorables y no se encontraron problemas técnicos con la aeronave. El estudiante había sido entrenado principalmente en un ASK 21, que no entra fácilmente en trompo, lo que podría haber limitado la experiencia práctica de recuperación de trompos.
- Aerotow thermaling flight: The student pilot launched by aerotow in a single-seat Ka 6CR from Kempten-Durach for a solo thermaling training flight near the airfield.
- Limited spin training: The student’s practical training in spins had been conducted mainly on an ASK 21, which does not readily enter a spin, so he had no real in-flight spin experience on that type.
- Low altitude in circuit area: After about 20 minutes of flight the glider was thermaling near the airfield at roughly 250 m altitude, leaving limited height margin for spin recovery.
- Stall in turning flight: While circling near the airfield, the student allowed the airspeed to drop below the minimum for the banked turn, causing the Ka 6CR to enter an over‑stalled condition.
- Unrecovered spin: The over‑stalled glider departed into a spin and completed about one to two turns with no observable recovery action from the pilot.
- Crash - fatal: Still in a near-vertical attitude, the glider impacted a meadow about 1 km southeast of Kempten-Durach, destroying the aircraft and fatally injuring the student pilot.