ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48426
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 2008 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Glasflügel H-201B Standard Libelle |
| Owner/operator: | Southland Gliding Club |
| Registration: | ZK-GIC |
| MSN: | 464 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Five Rivers, Southland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Five Rivers |
| Five Rivers | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot was practising his landings and was on his fourth flight of the day. On the approach a tailwind gust caused the glider to "drop out of the sky". It struck the ground in an adjacent property well short of the airstrip. It cartwheeled across a deer fence and came to rest inverted. The pilot was trapped for 45 minutes while he awaited rescue. He suffered a broken ankle and was was flown to Southland Hospital in Invercargill where he underwent surgery.
Location of Five Rivers is near Lumsden.
Sources:
1. New Zealand CAA Preliminary Report
2. Tailwind caused glider crash
3. Glider flipped by wind gust
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2008 23:20 | Topaz | Added |
| 11-Nov-2008 00:49 | Topaz | Updated |
| 11-Nov-2008 00:51 | Topaz | Updated |
| 04-Feb-2022 14:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
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