Le Puchacz sort d'une vrille juste au-dessus du sol en vol d'entraînement, puis décroche

Löhningen, Switzerland PZL Bielsko SZD-50-3 Puchacz

Les deux occupants d'un SZD-50-3 Puchacz ont été tués et le planeur détruit lorsqu'il s'est abîmé en vrille au sol lors d'un vol d'entraînement. Après une première vrille de sept à huit tours, il s'est rétabli juste au-dessus du sol, mais en franchissant un remblai à ~10 m il est repassé sous la vitesse minimale, a basculé sur l'aile gauche et heurté le sol. La cause de la vrille initiale n'a pu être établie ; le rétablissement fut très tardif ; la commande gauche du compensateur était probablement desserrée, et les deux pilotes avaient le palonnier à fond à droite contre la rotation gauche. Facteur immédiat : vitesse trop faible près du sol.

  1. Aerotow for a training flight: An SZD-50-3 Puchacz with an instructor and student aboard was aerotowed from Schaffhausen for a training flight and released at about 900 m over Siblingen.
  2. Developed spin, 7-8 turns: The flight path after release is unknown; about 18 minutes later witnesses saw the glider in a spin, making seven or eight rotations. Why it entered the spin could not be established.
  3. Left trim control probably loose: The only anomaly found on the wreck was the left trim-tab control, apparently loose or maladjusted before the accident; a wrong trim setting could not be ruled out.
  4. Very late recovery near the ground: The spin stopped only after several turns, just above the ground — an unusually late recovery. Both pilots were found with right rudder pushed fully against the rotation.
  5. Second stall over the embankment: Forced to clear a railway embankment at about 10 m AGL, the glider again dropped below the minimum flying speed and rolled off over the left wing.
  6. Near-vertical impact, both killed: The glider struck the ground almost vertically at very low forward speed in a left bank. The student died at impact, the instructor the same day; the accident was not survivable.
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