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Originally Posted by 2G
On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 8:24:05 AM UTC-8, Tango Eight wrote:
On Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 11:46:52 PM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
You can't hardly blame the glider pilot: they were flying straight ahead and were struck from behind. The tow pilot is clearly the one at fault.
Tom
There's one thing we know for sure about accident reports: they aren't 100% accurate. I think we ought to hesitate to convict someone we've never met based on evidence that can't be verified.
The report had the tracks of the two aircraft.
Tom
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Looking at the ground track the tow pilot turned right after release and the glider continued straight I understand the tow pilot didn't feel the release ? But the instructor should have had the student turn right , was this customary practice at this field?
When I fly I'm assuming the tow pilot will turn/dive left and head for downwind pattern entry. 99% of the time this has been the case for me but I always try to maintain visual . One day the 1% occurrence happened when I released and turned right into severe sink and the tow pilot ended up in 1000' per minute lift . After a quick trip down I asked him why he climbed rather than dove his comment was "No matter what direction he turned he was going up".
Unknown weather a factor in this accident ?