Accident in Namibia, SH Ventus 2cxm

On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 07:12:13 -0800 (PST), Tango Whisky
wrote:

I think that the ASH25 happened in 1985 or 1986. Martin Heide told me about it a week or two later.

.... actually it was the ASW-22 prototype.

On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 10:41:22 AM UTC-5, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 07:12:13 -0800 (PST), Tango Whisky
wrote:
I think that the ASH25 happened in 1985 or 1986.
Martin Heide told me about it a week or two later.

... actually it was the ASW-22 prototype.

Right, one of two accidents I know of where hydrostatic pressure
blew the wing skins off a -22 (the other a ground-loop).

Led to development of the kludgy isolated tanks, which limit
hydraulic pressure *IFF* there's a bit of air in the tanks.
Don't overfill ;-)

Hope that helps,
Best Regards, Dave

Just going back to the actual topic of this thread, there has been a trace received from the logger of the Ventus in question.
Looks like he exited the thermal at a bit over 4500 meters, and has gently pulled into a turn, stalled, and gone straight down from there. No sign of a recovery.
I will not speculate as to what has happened as he was a friend of mine.