ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76095
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 August 2010 |
| Time: | 18:20 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2bx |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7470C |
| MSN: | 150 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 623 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Batesville, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Uvalde, TX (KUVA) |
| Uvalde, TX (KUVA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While participating in a soaring competition, a Schempp-Hirth glider and an Alexander Schleicher glider collided while in flight. The
Schempp-Hirth glider was outbound from the last way point for the competition course and the Alexander Schleicher glider was inbound to this same point. The courses inbound and outbound from this way point are near reciprocals of one another. According to the pilot of the Alexander Schleicher glider and the damage to both gliders, the empennage and tailwheel of the Schempp-Hirth glider impacted the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator of the Alexander Schleicher glider. The speed, altitude, and course of each glider would not have allowed enough time for either pilot to see the other glider and react with enough time to avoid a collision. An examination of the airframe and related systems of both gliders revealed no anomalies.
Probable Cause: Both glider pilots’ inability to see and avoid the other resulting in a mid-air collision.
Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2010 03:24 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 07-Aug-2010 06:52 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2010 11:44 | DColclasure | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 18-Jan-2012 09:00 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 18:05 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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