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What caused the aileron jam, if known?
Hi Bruce
We had a bailout from a Discus CS in February at the Auckland Gliding
Club as a result of aileron controls becoming jammed. The pilot is
pretty happy he was wearing the expensive seat cushion. He departed the
CS at about 1600' AGL
:-) Colin
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Hi
The parcel shelf was incorrectly installed and it allowed some pickets to fall into the controls. It's alleged that the pilot had some concerns before launching over full and free movement of the controls but launched anyway.
What is not alleged but proven in this case is that the expensive seat cushion can at times save a persons life when all other things have failed
The link is to a New Zealand CAA airworthiness notice. (It initiates a download)
https://www.caa.govt.nz/Airworthines...7-008_Rev1.pdf
Colin