Seminole Lake Accident

On Monday, January 1, 2018 at 4:57:30 PM UTC-6, AS wrote:

Here's the report from "Kathryn's report":


Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Orlando, Florida

Glider on landing, overly corrected final approach, veered off the runway, crashed into hangar.

Seminole Flying and Soaring Inc: http://registry.faa.gov/N389BA

Date: 23-DEC-17
Time: 15:00:00Z
Regis#: N389BA
Aircraft Make: LET
Aircraft Model: L 23 SUPER BLANIK
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: SUBSTANTIAL
Activity: UNKNOWN
Flight Phase: APPROACH (APR)
Operation: 91
City: GROVELAND

State: FLORIDA

Glider veered off runway during landing on runway 18 and impacted a hangar.

Best. Tom #711.

There has to be more to that story. Never flown at Seminole Lake but looking at Google Earth. Landing on rwy18, the hangars are on the right. How does one nick the left wing by veering off the runway? Just curious.

Uli
'AS'

L-23's will spin like a top when ground looped. An L-23 was landed long/hot at our field and was ground looped in the effort to avoid running up the back of another L-23 staged on the runway (don't ask). The L-23 in motion actually ended up crashing into the other L-23 from the SIDE while on it's SECOND rotation! Totalled both of them. Luckily no injuries.

L-23's will spin like a top when ground looped. An L-23 was landed long/hot at our field and was ground looped in the effort to avoid running up the back of another L-23 staged on the runway (don't ask). The L-23 in motion actually ended up crashing into the other L-23 from the SIDE while on it's SECOND rotation! Totalled both of them. Luckily no injuries.

Where's the camera when you need one! Would have loved to see that cluster-f... on YouTube!
Uli
'AS'