Glider Stall Spin Video on YouTube

Was discussed here before - it was a DG500 , cable break, spun in - lucky pilot.

ContestID67 wrote:
He sure looks like he is flying fast enough that a stall wouldn't have
occurred. Something break?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xCct8cDtyk

Martin Gregorie schrieb:

On my club field turning at 80m would never be necessary because the
runway is mown grass 1000 m long by 100 m wide with the winch at one end
and 200-400m of landing area behind the launch point.

Where I fly, the runway is 600m (we can place the winch some 200m
further away) and there are buildings along the runway. There is a
certain height where a downwind landing is the only safe option should a
rope break occur. I don't even know at which exact altitude this is, as
we judge it by eye and it changes with the wind conditions.

If we knew what the field looked like maybe we could all learn from
his sad experience.

What I have learnt by *almost* experiencing an accident is that when
having to choose the downwind landing option, don't turn too early, as
the wind will blow you a considerable distance down the runway. Further,
don't let the speed over ground fool you in judging your airspeed (as
the pilot involved probably did).

According to the Germans it happened on the Magdeburg airfield in
Eastern Germany on May 7th, 2000. You'll find it in Google Earth @
52°04'28"N 11°37'37"E. The airplane was a Jantar Std. 1, registration
D-8420. It was filmed by the local TV station MDF.1 by coincidence,
they were there to tape a report/documentation.

The winch was located further to the left, launch was on the grass
runway 09, after the rope break the pilot continued to fly straight
for a bit to then execute a 180° turn to the right to land on the
parallel paved runway 28 to the right. In the process the pilot pulled
up the nose, used left aileron to reduce the bank and as a result got
into a stall and incipient spin. The (un)lucky pilot apparently walked
away with just some minor cuts.

Markus

According to the Germans it happened on the Magdeburg airfield

http://www.flugzeughalle.de/nuke/htm...nt/flplatz.jpg
http://www.flugzeughalle.de/nuke/htm...t/flplkart.gif