Ka 6 Kollision mit Auto während der Landung auf dem Flugplatz Samedan

Samedan Flugplatz (LSZS), Switzerland Alexander Schleicher Ka 6

Am 29. Juli 1963 kollidierte ein Ka 6 Segelflugzeug während der Landung auf dem Flugplatz Samedan in der Schweiz mit einem Auto. Der Pilot, der nach einem vierstündigen Flug die Anflugstrecke falsch einschätzte, überrollte das Landefeld und traf ein Fahrzeug, das die Straßenbegrenzung des Flugplatzes überquerte. Der Fluglotse aktivierte das Signal zur Anhaltung des Straßenverkehrs während der Landung nicht. Es wurden keine Verletzungen gemeldet, aber sowohl das Segelflugzeug als auch das Auto erlitten erhebliche Schäden. Die Untersuchung hob das Fehlen der Straßensperrung und die Fehleinschätzung des Piloten als beitragende Faktoren hervor.

  1. Landing approach: After a four-hour local Alpine soaring flight, the pilot commenced a landing approach to runway direction 03 on the 180 m glider landing area at Samedan.
  2. Approach misjudged: The pilot misjudged both height and speed on final, resulting in an approach that was too long for the available landing distance.
  3. Pilot fatigue: The pilot had been flying for about four hours, and the investigation considered possible fatigue as a factor in the misjudged approach.
  4. Road not closed: The flight operations officer, occupied with office work, did not notice the glider’s approach and left the road signal showing green, so the crossing road remained open to traffic.
  5. Brakes applied: The pilot used the glider’s brakes but was unable to stop within the grass landing area before reaching the boundary road.
  6. Car enters crossing: A motorist, seeing the road signal on green, drove toward and onto the airfield crossing and began braking only after hearing shouted warnings.
  7. Crash - no injury: At 18:16 the glider overran the landing area and its right wing struck the right side of the car on the road, causing substantial damage to both vehicles but no injuries.
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