ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228098
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| Date: | Saturday 10 August 2019 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2cxM |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-KTBA |
| MSN: | 239 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monte Vettore, Rieti -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rieti Airfield (QRT/LIQN) |
| Rieti Airfield (QRT/LIQN) | |
| Investigating agency: | ANSV |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the sporting competition called the International Mediterranean Cup (IMC), two of the participating gliders, which took off from the Rieti, collided, near Casali di Ussita. The Ventus 2cxM (D-KTBA) reported the separation of part of the left wing, plummeting to the ground in a spiral; its pilot jumped with a parachute, landing without consequences.
The pilot of the Ventus 3T (D-KKGT) despite the fact that the aircraft had obvious impact damage on the back of the right wing, as well as damage to the cockpit canopy, still managed to steer the aircraft, landing about 35 minutes later on the departure airport.
Causes: the in-flight collision is attributable to inadequate visual monitoring of the operational environment by the pilots, which prevented them from having mutual awareness of the presence of another glider in the vicinity.
The following factors probably contributed to the occurrence of the event:
- the underestimation, by the pilots involved in the event, of FLARM warnings;
- self-induced pressure by the pilots from the ongoing competition, which may have facilitated the channeling of attention to their own performance, rather than to monitoring other gliders in flight.
Sources:
https://www.cronachemaceratesi.it/2019/08/10/due-alianti-precipitano-in-montagna/1286687/
https://www.umbria24.it/cronaca/incidente-con-laliante-sul-vettore-pilota-si-lancia-col-paracadute-ricerche-in-corso
https://www.ilmessaggero.it/rieti/volo_a_vela_rieti_cim-4671550.html
http://www.ansv.it/It/Detail_relazioni.asp?ID=2181
https://www.facebook.com/aeroclubrieti/
https://www.soaringspot.com/de/cim-coppa-internazionale-del-mediterraneo-201-rieti-2019/
https://ansv.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/8-relazioni-brevi.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 October 2007 | N36LB | Private | 1 | Salida, CO |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Aug-2019 09:47 | Mauro DB | Added |
| 11-Aug-2019 09:49 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2019 06:26 | gianniprof | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Aug-2019 08:32 | gianniprof | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Aug-2019 12:58 | frederico | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2019 07:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2019 16:04 | The2ndBaron | Updated [Damage] |
| 06-Oct-2022 14:26 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2022 14:27 | harro | Updated [Cn] |
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