ASW 27 tears off a wing on a ground wave in a bounced outlanding
The pilot was unhurt but the ASW 27 was badly damaged in an outlanding near Öblarn during a national championship. Unable to reach the home airfield from over the village, the pilot turned for a meadow scouted days earlier, starting the approach about 2 km out at only 80 to 100 m AGL. The pilot flew final at 100 to 120 km/h with 2 to 5 m/s of sink and the glider touched down at about 80 km/h, tailwheel first and then hard on the main wheel. It lifted off again and came down some 10 m further on, where the right wing flexed down onto a ground wave about 50 cm high. The wing tore off some 2 m from the tip and the fuselage boom was damaged.
- Championship task from Niederöblarn: The pilot was aerotowed for a championship task, releasing at about 1 900 m MSL, and flew a circuit of the surrounding valleys before returning.
- Too low to reach the airfield: Over Öblarn the glider was already too low to reach the home airfield safely, so the pilot committed to a meadow scouted from the ground a few days earlier.
- Approach begun at 80 to 100 m AGL: The pilot began the approach about 2 km from the meadow at only 80 to 100 m AGL, flying straight in towards the east at 100 to 120 km/h with 2 to 5 m/s of sink.
- Hard touchdown, then a bounce: The glider touched down at about 80 km/h on the tailwheel, then hard on the main wheel, lifted off again and came down some 10 m further on.
- Wing tears off on a ground wave: The right wing flexed down onto a ground wave about 50 cm high; it tore off some 2 m from the tip and the fuselage boom was damaged. The pilot was unhurt.