Colisión de un Ka 6 con un coche durante el aterrizaje en el aeródromo de Samedan
El 29 de julio de 1963, un planeador Ka 6 colisionó con un coche durante el aterrizaje en el aeródromo de Samedan en Suiza. El piloto, tras un vuelo de cuatro horas, calculó mal la aproximación y sobrepasó el área de aterrizaje, chocando con un vehículo que cruzaba la carretera en el límite del aeródromo. El controlador aéreo no activó la señal para detener el tráfico durante el aterrizaje. No se reportaron heridos, pero tanto el planeador como el coche sufrieron daños significativos. La investigación destacó la falta de cierre de la carretera y el error de cálculo del piloto como factores contribuyentes.
- 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.
- Approach misjudged: The pilot misjudged both height and speed on final, resulting in an approach that was too long for the available landing distance.
- Pilot fatigue: The pilot had been flying for about four hours, and the investigation considered possible fatigue as a factor in the misjudged approach.
- 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.
- Brakes applied: The pilot used the glider’s brakes but was unable to stop within the grass landing area before reaching the boundary road.
- 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.
- 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.