All I got was the story in "The Namibian"
http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=140771&page=archive-read
I wouldn't be surprised if the white folks in
Namibia spoke German and/or Afrikaans.
Also found this interesting German accident
report on the crash of an Eta while spin testing in 2003
http://www.bfu-web.de/EN/Publications/Investigation%20Report/2003/Report_03_3X221-Eta-Bueching.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
Didn't they do this again with the NimEta about 3 years ago?
Interesting the comments about the fuselage
layup (do Binder do their own layup or do they
buy assemblies from Schleicher) and the
overlooking of the maximum loads on the fin with
rudder deflected (now fixed). That's why the fin
fell off an American Airlines Airbus.
Which raises the question of a spin recovery with
sideslip opposite to the rudder applied to
recover from the spin possibly causing very high loads on the tailboom.
Also interesting thread in rec.aviation.soaring
https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?hl=en#!topic/rec.aviation.soaring/zGTU9nKPsMU
There's been another two seat motorglider
upset/breakup in January this year in Namibia
(Nimbus4DM). Both bailed out out OK.
Also a fatality in Ventus 2cxM around last Christmas.
Some silly comments, some very sensible in that r.a.s thread.
Spinning these very high performance gliders
should be treated with great care. Best to
recover from any incipient upset before it goes
very far at all. Both good advice any time.
Spinning is NOT a normal soaring manoeuvre. i.e.
you don't need to do it to fly cross country. I
think these large two seat motorgliders should be
treated like airliners. Just fly normally in
thermals and interthermal cruise. Anything else
may rapidly become an emergency.
Mike
At 12:29 PM 2/8/2016, you wrote:
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To me the more important issue is being able to
review the accident report and findings, without
having to subscribe to a reporterâs precis.
I have surfed around without luck.
Anyone got a good link to the accident report,
or a brief description of the key links in the accident chain?
Alan Wilson
Canberra.
On 8 Feb 2016, at 7:17 AM, John Roake
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
On 8/02/16 9:33 AM, "ECKEY, BERNARD"
<<x-msg://10/[email protected]>[email protected]>
wrote: Our reply hereunder:
The official accident report clearly designates
the glider as an ASH25 EB28 as does the German registration of the sailplane.
John
On 7 Feb 2016, at 1:25 PM, Peter Brookman
<<x-msg://10/[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
I agree with Bob, that any accident related to
gliding the reports are important that we are
for one reminded of the consequences of things
that may go wrong , although sad that it is
about people, friends who unfortunately lost
their lives. We would all know some one close to
us who has either died or serious injury from
accidents, but we must have the information and
conclusions as to the causes etc to be better pilots etc in the future.
Gliding International is a fantastic magazine
and full of relivent and interesting articles.
Regards
Peter Brookman
>
> The full report is in the new edition of Gliding International due out in a
> few days.
>
> New subscribers can effect a subscription and copy via our Web page.
>
> JOHN ROAKE, EDITOR
> GLIDING INTERNATIONAL.
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