(USA) NTSB issues recommendations to the FAA and the SSAregarding transponder use in gliders

Early reports on this accident indicated that the pilot had not turned
the transponder on because the installation had not been approved.
Anyone know which is true?

Andy

I was at the Minden airport at the time of the accident, and it is my
understanding that the transponder had not been certified. The glider
(an ASG 29, not an ASK 27) had recently been imported from Sweden
where it was used in the Worlds, and this was its maiden flight, at
least maiden for one of its two owners. Given the circumstances, it
makes sense that the transponder might not have been certified, but I
can't say for sure.

Matt

On Apr 1, 11:37*pm, wrote:

The glider(an ASG 29, not an ASK 27) *

The ASG 29 is certificated as an ASW27-18. All glider pilots know it
as the 29 but any FAA or NTSB report will reference it as ASW27-18.

Not sure if anyone else reported it but MSNBC ran the story (with
their own bias).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23908450