ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46020
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| Date: | Sunday 28 January 2001 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Discus CS |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N814CU |
| MSN: | 252-CS |
| Total airframe hrs: | 200 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wurtsboro, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wurtsboro, NY (N82) |
| Wurtsboro, NY (N82) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses reported the glider was on a left base leg to land, in a nose high attitude. Prior to reaching the point where the pilot would normally have turned to final, the glider entered a left turn. During the turn, the angle of bank increased to at least 60 degrees and the nose dropped to about 45 degrees down. The glider impacted the ground nose down, in a descending left turn. No evidence of a pre-existing failure or malfunction was found with the airframe. Bends found in the pushrods of the left wing spoiler and aileron were consistent with the ailerons displaced for a right bank, at the time of impact.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin while on base leg.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20010212X00437&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Dec-2017 10:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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