Collision en vol entre Ka 6 et Club Libelle près de Münster, Suisse

Münster VS, Switzerland Alexander Schleicher Ka 6 CR Glasflügel Libelle 205

Le 18 juillet 1979, une collision en vol s'est produite entre un Ka 6 et un Club Libelle lors d'un camp de vol à voile près de Münster, Suisse. Le Club Libelle effectuait des spirales serrées dans une forte ascendance lorsque le Ka 6 est entré dans la même zone, entraînant une collision à environ 2500 mètres d'altitude. Le Ka 6 a subi des dommages importants et a dû effectuer un atterrissage d'urgence sur une pente rocheuse, entraînant la destruction de l'appareil et des blessures mineures pour le pilote. Le Club Libelle, malgré des dommages à son aile gauche, a réussi à atterrir en toute sécurité sur l'aérodrome de Münster. L'incident a été attribué à une observation insuffisante de l'espace aérien par les deux pilotes.

  1. Aerotow thermaling: During a soaring camp at Münster, the Ka 6 HB-650 launched by aerotow at 1112 and began thermaling in the Alps south of the Galmihornhütte.
  2. Shared thermal area: Both the Ka 6 and the Club Libelle were circling in the same general lift area south of the Galmihornhütte, later moving to the strong thermal southeast of the Rossboden with about 200 m lateral separation.
  3. Poor lookout: While both gliders circled in right-hand turns with different bank angles and circle sizes, the pilots lost visual contact with each other and did not adequately monitor the surrounding airspace.
  4. Conflict in thermal: At about 2500 m MSL southeast of the Rossboden, the flight paths of the two gliders converged such that the Club Libelle approached the Ka 6 from behind and slightly left.
  5. Ka 6 avoidance maneuver: Seeing the Club Libelle coming up from behind, the Ka 6 pilot attempted to avoid collision by pushing the nose down and turning away.
  6. Mid-air contact: During the avoidance maneuver, the underside of the Club Libelle’s fuselage struck the Ka 6’s horizontal tail and then its left wing hit the Ka 6’s rudder, damaging the empennage.
  7. Crash - minor injury: Feeling control stick vibrations after the collision, the Ka 6 pilot extended airbrakes and attempted an emergency landing on a rocky slope, where the glider impacted with the left wing, broke up, and slid 30–40 m down the hill, resulting in destruction of the aircraft and minor injuries to the pilot.
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