ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358020
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 March 2024 |
| Time: | 09:40 |
| Type: |  Schweizer SGS 2-33A |
| Owner/operator: | High Flights Soaring Club |
| Registration: | N2905H |
| MSN: | 545 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Meadow Lake Airport (FLY/KFLY), Falcon, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Meadow Lake Airport, CO (KFLY) |
| Meadow Lake Airport, CO (KFLY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor stated that during the ground launch he rotated the glider and then accelerated in ground effect before he pulled aft stick to accelerate on the launch arc. He then applied right stick correction for runway alignment after which a gust of wind lifted the right wing. The flight instructor was unable to counter the left roll with flight control inputs and the glider stalled. The tow rope, once side loaded, automatically disconnected as designed. The left wing impacted the ground which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and empennage. The flight instructor stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal glider operation.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control during takeoff which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and an impact with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193927
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2024 09:08 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 29-Mar-2024 11:16 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Category, Accident report] |
| 21-Apr-2024 21:59 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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