Accident to the Glaser Dirks DG500 registered F-CILE on 07/09/2021 at Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes
Inclinaison de l’aile lors du roulement au décollage par treuillage, largage du câble, collision avec un obstacle au sol, en instruction
During the winch take-off run, the left wing touched the ground, around 10 m after the wing runner released it, probably due to insufficient input on the ailerons to counter the effect of a gust of wind blowing from the right. The pilot in FI(S) training, who already had his hand on the release handle, immediately released the cable. This action prevented the glider from entering a ground loop or cartwheel. The glider’s path deviated to the left and the glider veered off the runway. Due to the speed reached during the take-off run, as well as the proximity to a fence, the pilot’s actions to counter the path deviation to the left did not allow him to prevent the left wing from striking this fence.