ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237149
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| Date: | Monday 21 April 2014 |
| Time: | 12:01 UTC |
| Type: | Schempp-Hirth Janus C |
| Owner/operator: | Vlaamse Zweefvlieg Academie |
| Registration: | OO-ZVK |
| MSN: | 205 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Weelde Airfield, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Weelde Air Base (EBWE) |
| Weelde Air Base (EBWE) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU Belgium |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The purpose was to make a local gliding flight with a passenger ending with practising an approach on the airfield using the tail brake parachute. According to the pilot, the parachute deployment was activated right after the turn into final but the parachute actually deployed when the sailplane was still at a height of 50m. The sailplane violently hit the ground in a nose-down attitude.
Cause(s):
A late deployment of a brake parachute at low altitude during landing, hindering the pilot in his execution of a proper flare, with a nose-down impact to the ground as a consequence.
Contributing safety factor(s):
- Airmanship: no lessons learned from previous event, no thorough preflight briefing between the crew
- Procedures: lack of guidelines on how to handle in case of a malfunction of the tail brake chute system
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
AAIU
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2020 08:01 | harro | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 21:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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