towplane collides with glider, prop hits wingtip

"vaughn" wrote in message
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"tstock" wrote in message
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Any clues as to what caused the tow pilot to lose control at the end
of the runway and/or make the hard right turn into the glider's path?

Plain old taildragger-type ground loop?

Another question is what kind of brakes did that glider have? It didn't
seem to have been doing very much stopping.

Vaughn


It appeared to me that the glider had not chance to stop, he's still being
pulled by the rope when the tow plane looses control.
We can see no where that either the tow or glider pilot released the rope.
Gliders in this situation do not have good brakes.
The error is in the tow pilot trying to keep the tow plane on a runway, he
faked left, glider pilot decides to go right and the tow pilot changes
direction.

BT wrote:
The error is in the tow pilot trying to keep the tow plane on a runway, he
faked left, glider pilot decides to go right and the tow pilot changes
direction.

Wow. You should apply for a job as an accident investigator, your quick
conclutions would save them a lot of money! Not sure the reports would
be very accurate, though.