ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145917
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 May 2012 |
| Time: | 15:35 |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASW 27B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N127PC |
| MSN: | 27219 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ionia County Airport - Y70, Ionia, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ionia, MI (Y70) |
| Ionia, MI (Y70) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The glider initiated a turn about 200 feet above the ground near the airport. After initiating the turn, the left wing and nose of the glider dropped, and the glider descended and impacted into trees. Recorded wind conditions showed the presence of wind gusts that continued to increase after the accident. Postaccident examination of the glider revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Data from digital devices onboard the glider recorded a speed near the glider stall speed immediately before the accident. The glider’s flight path, as described by a witness and recorded by the glider’s onboard digital devices, was consistent with the glider being in a stalled condition before the descent into terrain.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper airspeed in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in an inadvertent stall while maneuvering at an altitude that did not provide a margin for recovery.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://www.wlns.com/story/18649545/1-dead-after-glider-crash
http://web.archive.org/web/20120826075910/http://www.woodtv.com:80/dpp/news/local/ionia_county/glider-crash-kills-one-in-ionia-county
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.sentinel-standard.com/news/x624613762/Glider-crash-kills-one-at-Ionia-airport]
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/01_127PC.txt
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=127PC&x=0&y=0
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120530X34302&key=1
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2012 07:50 | Geno | Added |
| 30-May-2012 07:55 | Geno | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 30-May-2012 11:26 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Jun-2012 16:02 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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