ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87776
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 December 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Glasflügel H-401 Kestrel |
| Owner/operator: | M G Bloor & G F O'Neill |
| Registration: | ZK-GGW |
| MSN: | 27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Apiti, Manawatu 2 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Palmerston North |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: Michael Gordon Bloor.
I was the pilot on this occasion and was in a flying competition. A field landing was necessary due to poor gliding conditions. A correct planned circuit was initiated and the glider was lined up on final approach with flaps extended into a long field. At approximately 10 metres from the ground in the final stage of landing a sudden wind shear occurred and the glider hit the ground fairly hard and ground-looped. The undercarriage was damaged and the wing's main spar location locking pin was severely bent. The pin had to be forcibly removed to remove the wings for transport in its trailer.
It's interesting to note that I had been an instructor for a few years and mainly specialised in field-landing training for other pilots, mostly in a Slingsby Motor Falke. On this occasion, I was subjected to a condition of wind-shear at a critical height that cannot easily be anticipated. I was landing head-on into the wind and in full control of the planned landing. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 January 1983 | ZK-GGW | M G Bloor & G F O'Neill | near Matamata Aerodrome, Waikato | |
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| 27 November 1984 | ZK-GGW | M G Bloor & G F O'Neill | Lichfield, Waikato | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 26-Mar-2013 12:12 | mbloor | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2020 06:11 | planewriting | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 17-Jun-2020 06:11 | harro | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Sep-2021 08:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Feb-2022 03:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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