ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186886
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| Date: | Sunday 1 May 2016 |
| Time: | c. 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Politechnika Warszawska PW-5 Smyk |
| Owner/operator: | Tauranga Gliding Club |
| Registration: | ZK-GPE |
| MSN: | 17.03.002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tauranga Airport, Bay of Plenty 1 -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tauranga Airport (TRG/NZTG) |
| Tauranga Airport (TRG/NZTG) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The glider crashed during a landing attempt at Tauranga Airport.
The pilot was making his first flight in a single-seat glider after 16 hours of dual instruction and 49 minutes solo flying in two-seat gliders.
The glider was approaching to land on the 640 metre grass runway 04. Witnesses on the ground thought that the glider was too high, but could still have landed safely. The pilot then radioed that he was going to land in the opposite direction, on runway 22, and began a turn to so do. In the course of this sharp turn control was lost as the glider stalled and span from a height of about 200 feet.
The aircraft struck two parked glider trailers and was severely damaged and the pilot suffered injuries from which he died in intensive care the next day.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bites/302767/pilot-of-glider-that-crashed-in-intensive-care
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11631775
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/79491747/Glider-crashes-near-Tauranga-airport
https://www.caa.govt.nz/script/AirReg3.asp?Mark=Gpe&Query3=Get+Aircraft
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001067287.html
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11632710
https://www.stuff.co.nz/bay-of-plenty/100647118/inexperience-flying-solo-likely-cause-of-fatal-glider-crash-caa-says
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2016 07:11 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-May-2016 13:40 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2016 16:46 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2016 06:01 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2018 06:27 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2020 03:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Oct-2021 19:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Feb-2022 00:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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