Crash de l'ASW 24 lors d'un vol en thermique près de Gießen Wieseck

Gießen Wieseck, Germany Alexander Schleicher ASW 24

Le 21 juillet 2002, un Alexander Schleicher ASW 24 s'est écrasé près de Gießen Wieseck, en Allemagne. Le pilote a tenté de trouver des thermiques à environ 200 mètres d'altitude, mais est entré dans un décrochage en virage à droite. Bien qu'il ait récupéré du décrochage, l'appareil a décroché à nouveau et a percuté le sol à un angle raide, entraînant des blessures mortelles pour le pilote. Les conditions météorologiques comprenaient des vents forts et des thermiques turbulents, mais aucune défaillance technique n'a été trouvée dans le planeur. Le planeur a été détruit dans le crash.

  1. Local thermaling flight: After a winch launch for a local private flight, the pilot returned near the airfield at about 200–250 m altitude and began thermaling with two gliders above him.
  2. Steep right turn entry: While attempting to join the thermal, the pilot entered a right-hand circle with increasing bank angle, from which the glider abruptly dropped to the right and departed controlled flight.
  3. Low height and turbulence: The maneuver was flown at low altitude in strong, gusty wind with turbulent, broken thermals that caused significant airspeed fluctuations.
  4. Steep spin develops: The ASW 24 entered a steep spin to the right, resulting in a rapid loss of height.
  5. Spin recovery attempt: After about two turns the pilot stopped the spin and, already close to the ground, initiated a pull-out toward the airfield and a line of poplar trees.
  6. Second stall near trees: The glider was pulled up steeply to regain height to approximately tree-top level, then stalled again at the top of the climb before a spin could redevelop.
  7. Crash - fatal: The ASW 24 impacted a meadow about 400 m northeast of runway threshold 08 with a 70–80° nose-down attitude, destroying the glider and fatally injuring the pilot.
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