I spoke today with the British Gliding Association (with Barry Rolfe, the
long serving employed full time Secretary and Administrator).

I also received a message today in reply to questions of mine to the
Department of Transport, Air Accidents Investigation Branch.

From these communications and others I have seen, my conclusion is:

No-one is yet prepared to say how or why the Puchacz crashed. In
particular, no-one will confirm that a stall-spin was involved; assumptions
that the glider was spinning are speculation and rumour.

The accident is being investigated by the AAIB, therefore when the report is
completed it will be published by them in their monthly printed report and
on-line at www.aaib.gov.uk , go to Bulletins
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...cst?n=5254&l=2 .
The report will be included under the month and year of the date of the
report, not the date of the accident.

There have been four previous fatal accidents in the U.K. involving a
Puchacz. None of these were investigated by the AAIB, therefore the
reports are not available from the AAIB, the reports would have been
prepared by the BGA. No BGA accident reports are available on-line.

The previous 4 Puchacz accidents all involved stall/spinning.

I should mention that I personally am not, and never have been involved in
any capacity with the BGA sub-groups who deal with Accident Investigation,
Safety, Instruction or Technical matters.

W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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"Al" wrote in message
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http://www.gliderforum.com/thread-vi...id=167&start=1

This might be of interest when discussing the Puch and its spinning.

Condolences to the family and friends of the victims of the recent crash.

Regards

Al