Accident to the Schempp Hirth Arcus registered F-CVMP on 22/07/2023 at Puigmal mountain
Collision with terrain while slope soaring, in instruction
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After slope soaring for about five minutes, with aerological conditions that were difficult to use to gain altitude, the instructor approached a low-height spur. The glider then found itself downwind in a descending south-westerly flow. The instructor had no margin left to divert towards the valley. He lost control of the glider's flight path and was unable to avoid the collision with the ground.