ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219508
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| Date: | Thursday 16 February 1989 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Mini Nimbus B |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-UIW |
| MSN: | 93 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 13km NNW of Horsham, VIC -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | 13km NNW of Horsham, VIC |
| YHSM | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After a cross country soaring flight, the pilot made an outlanding in a paddock short of his destination. The pilot reported that the paddock was about one kilometre wide and one and one half kilometres long, covered in short dry grass with some scattered thistles. While waiting for the tug aircraft to arrive, the pilot inspected the paddock and decided that a takeoff into the west would be the best course of action. The wind at the time was approximately five knots from the south-west. The pilot reported that the takeoff was normal with the glider lifting off at about 40-45 knots. While flying at about two feet above the ground, waiting for the tug aircraft to lift off, the right wingtip of the glider hit a large thistle or group of thistles. The glider swung to the right, the left wingtip lifted and the right wingtip contacted the ground. The glider was then 90 degrees to the tug and at about 20 degrees of bank. The tow rope was released and the glider swung almost 180 degrees from the takeoff direction. The glider remained airborne for about another 40 metres before the left wing and tail section hit the ground, bringing the aircraft to rest shortly thereafter. The pilot advised that although he thought he was extremely unlucky for this accident to have occurred, he now thinks that the paddock was not a suitable takeoff area.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1989/aair/aair198901534/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/26082/aair198901534.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2018 03:38 | Pineapple | Added |
| 10-Mar-2022 07:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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