Glider mid-airs in Switzerland

On Sep 24, 3:14 pm, Stefan wrote:
You cannot search for key words in the reports. However, you can search
for all glider accidents and then scroll through the list. You will find
midairs when you look for
- two accident reports with the same date
- an accident report with two aircraft registrations

Thanks for your advice. I found two incidents I'd missed and one which
was actually two seperate accidents occuring on the same day.


Dan

Dan G schrieb:

- two accident reports with the same date
- an accident report with two aircraft registrations

Thanks for your advice. I found two incidents I'd missed and one which
was actually two seperate accidents occuring on the same day.

I've just realized that it's a bit more involved: There not only is the
category gliders, but also motor gliders. Now if a glider hit a motor
glider, then the two reports show in different categories. You actually
have to sift through *all* accident reports and check for two with the
same date.

On Sep 24, 5:56 pm, Stefan wrote:

I've just realized that it's a bit more involved: There not only is the
category gliders, but also motor gliders. Now if a glider hit a motor
glider, then the two reports show in different categories. You actually
have to sift through *all* accident reports and check for two with the
same date.

Again, thanks. It didn't take too long - there was only one incident,
the collision between a Stemme S10 and an ASH26E on 21 April this
year, which was reported in the IHT:

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...ider-Crash.php

I would have thought both those aircraft would have been carrying
FLARM units - would you or anyone else happen to know more about that?


Dan

On 24 Sep., 19:27, Dan G wrote:
On Sep 24, 5:56 pm, Stefan wrote:

I've just realized that it's a bit more involved: There not only is the
category gliders, but also motor gliders. Now if a glider hit a motor
glider, then the two reports show in different categories. You actually
have to sift through *all* accident reports and check for two with the
same date.

Again, thanks. It didn't take too long - there was only one incident,
the collision between a Stemme S10 and an ASH26E on 21 April this
year, which was reported in the IHT:

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...-Switzerland-G...

I would have thought both those aircraft would have been carrying
FLARM units - would you or anyone else happen to know more about that?

Dan

This accident was between a Stemme and an ASH25 (not ASH26E). Only the
passenger of the ASH25 survived. Both aircraft were carrying FLARM. I
heard that the FLARM antenna of the Stemme was not securly insertet
which may have rendered the FLARM useless. The Stemme Pilot went down
with his plane. The ASH Pilot managed to jump but the parachute did
not open before impact. The Passenger bailed out succesfully and spent
the night in the cockpit of the ASH. As far as I know the ASH was also
carrying an ELT.

Dan G schrieb:

I would have thought both those aircraft would have been carrying
FLARM units - would you or anyone else happen to know more about that?

They did. Let's wait for the final report.