ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161772
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| Date: | Thursday 23 June 2005 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Glaser-Dirks DG-800B |
| Owner/operator: | Trustees of the G-MSIX Group |
| Registration: | G-MSIX |
| MSN: | 8-156B80 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | Solo Kleinmotoren GmBH 2-625-01 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near West Trading Estate, S of Gloucester, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was flying in a gliding competition, on what he described as a “very hot” day. He took off from the launch site under the glider’s own engine power and, at the end of the self-launch, noted that the engine coolant temperature (displayed digitally in the cockpit) was high. The soaring conditions became difficult, and the pilot decided to end the task.
At about 1,200 feet above ground level, the pilot raised the propeller mast and started the engine, with the intention of flying back to the airfield under power. The engine started without difficulty, and achieved full power, but after climbing about 600 feet, the engine high temperature warning began to flash, indicating that the temperature of the coolant had reached 95ºC.
The pilot shut the engine down, and established a circuit around a “good looking” hay field. The pilot was unable to centre the propeller, and thus could not lower the mast fully. Instead, he lowered the mast about half way. Using 8 degrees of positive flap and an approach speed of 60 knots, he flew the approach to the field. After a fully held off landing with a small amount of air brake, the glider touched down.
Soon after touchdown, there was a “high impact” and the landing gear collapsed. The aircraft ground-looped and came to rest erect, and the pilot vacated the aircraft without difficulty. After the accident, the pilot noted that there were severe ruts throughout the field, and the landing gear had collapsed where the aircraft ran over one rut. He found that the engine had seized, and concluded that this had been caused by loss of coolant, although the coolant level had been normal when last inspected, two days prior to the accident flight. Inspection of the engine after the accident identified that there was significantly more than normal white staining around the radiator filler, consistent with a coolant loss in flight.
A maintenance engineer, familiar with the engine, offered the opinion that the position of the radiator within the mast made positioning the cap onto the filler somewhat awkward, and that it was possible to replace the cap incorrectly, allowing coolant to escape under pressure.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542300f140f0b61346000b51/G-MSIX_1-06.pdf
2. CAA; https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=MSIX
3. Glaser-Dirks DG-800B G-MSIX at Dunstable 20-08-2006: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000037354.html
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000094514.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2013 17:05 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 04-Dec-2014 00:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2016 22:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Aug-2016 22:43 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date] |
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