SZD-48-3 Absturz bei Ludesch nach langem Flug im Alpenraum

Ludesch, Austria SZD SZD-48-3

Am 22. Juni 1986 stürzte ein SZD-48-3 Segelflugzeug in der Nähe von Ludesch, Österreich, nach einem etwa achtstündigen Flug ab. Das Flugzeug geriet in einen Linksdrehflug in geringer Höhe und prallte auf einen steilen Hang mit 45 Grad Neigung. Der Pilot, ein Schweizer Staatsbürger, wurde tödlich verletzt, und das Segelflugzeug wurde zerstört. Der offizielle Bericht identifizierte das Fliegen unterhalb der minimalen sicheren Geschwindigkeit als Ursache. Die Ermüdung des Piloten durch die lange Flugdauer und der Stress durch eine bevorstehende Außenlandung waren beitragende Faktoren.

  1. Aerotow cross-country: After an aerotow departure from Hohenems, the pilot conducted an approximately eight-hour alpine cross-country flight with multiple turnpoints.
  2. Low altitude over ridge: In the final phase, the glider was flying only about 15 m above a wooded ridge and descending steadily after losing usable lift near the Arlberg area.
  3. Pilot fatigue and stress: The pilot was likely fatigued from more than eight hours of flight in hot summer conditions and under stress from the now-unavoidable outlanding, reducing performance.
  4. Speed below stall: While flying slowly just above the treetops over the wooded saddle, the glider’s airspeed dropped below the minimum safe speed, leading to a stall.
  5. Low-altitude spin: The glider abruptly pitched down and entered a left-wing spin from which recovery was impossible given the very low height above the slope.
  6. Crash - fatal: Still in a steep attitude, the glider impacted a 45-degree forested slope almost vertically, was destroyed, and the pilot was fatally injured.
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