On Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 10:27:10 PM UTC-6, Waveguru wrote:
Premature termination of the tow at 100ft. Did not complete the turn back to the runway.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/0...izona.html?m=1

Boggs

A really scary comment in the NTSB final report: "Postaccident examination of the glider's release system revealed that it was missing a spring, which likely resulted in the cable not engaging in the detent and caused the premature release from the tow line." http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.av...04X34426&key=1

It was a bumpy day. I took off about 10 minutes of Bob and hit strong turbulence and sink over the last few hundred yards of the runway. My 200 foot countdown took much longer than usual, but, as I continued on tow, finally got up and found a good thermal and left the area, unaware of the crash that had occurred behind me.

Bob was a very experienced jet pilot with thousands of hours, but had just gotten into gliding and had only recently purchased the glider. Having his glider release itself because of a faulty release mechanism in turbulence only 100 ft. AGL and only desert trees ahead, our newbe pilot made the unfortunate fatal decision to turn back and spun in.

When was the last time YOU had your release checked by a professional???