ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71210
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 July 2008 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Discus CS |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-CHPH |
| MSN: | 174CS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Kitson Field, The Broyle, Ringmer, near Lewes, East Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kitson Field, The Broyle, Ringmer, near Lewes, East Sussex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
At East Sussex Gliding Club, Kitson Field, The Broyle, Ringmer, near Lewes, East Sussex, on 23/7/2008, a club glider was towed back to launch point behind a buggy. The driver left the buggy, the wing tip holder remained at the wing tip - neither released the glider. When another club member, needing to retrieve a different glider, got onto the buggy and moved away, the attached glider swung round until its wing impacted the rudder of the parked Discus.
The Discus rudder was partly delaminated at the trailing edge, had a split in the skin on one side and suffered damage to the rudder stops.
The club CFI and safety officer intend to ensure that all members are aware of the responsibility of retrieve drivers, wingtip holders and indeed anyone else to ensure that retrieve ropes are disconnected from the glider before either buggy or glider are parked.
Note: Ex BGA 4092. Aircraft apparently later deemed to be a write off (damaged beyond economical repair), as registration G-CHPH was cancelled by the CAA on 30/11/2009 as "Permanently withdrawn from use". However later repaired, and registration reinstated on 08-03-2010, some four months later.
Sources:
1. BGA Incident Report
2. https://www.sussexgliding.co.uk/
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wickenden1967/6241190821/
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/discus3.htm
5. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=CHPH
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2010 05:52 | DColclasure | Added |
| 22-Sep-2011 14:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2012 19:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2012 19:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2014 05:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
| 10-Dec-2014 23:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 25-Oct-2016 23:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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