Accident ICA Brasov IS-28B2 VH-GVW, Saturday 6 November 1982

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Date:	Saturday 6 November 1982
Time:	10:03
Type:	ICA Brasov IS-28B2
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-GVW
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Benalla Aerodrome (YBLA), Benalla, VIC - Australia
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	YBLA
Destination airport:	YBLA
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot was making his second solo flight at the completion of a one-week gliding course. On the landing approach the glider was seen to be undershooting with the speed brakes extended. As the approach continued the undershoot increased but the speed brakes remained extended. The glider struck a fence, bounced across a road and struck a second fence at the aerodrome boundary. A fence wire rode over the nose, shattering the canopy and decapitating the pilot. No contributory fault was found with any of the components of the glider. The pilot misjudged the final approach.

Accident investigation: