Accident to the Schempp Hirth Discus 2C registered OE-5751 on 16/07/2023 at Méolans-Revel
Mountain flight, collision with ground
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Investigation progression
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After a two and a half hour local flight in the mountains east of Gap-Tallard aerodrome, the glider quickly lost altitude and collided with the side of the mountain. The examination of the glider wreckage did not find any technical element that could explain this sudden drop.
The pathological examinations carried out on the pilot revealed a context that could have favoured the onset of cardiac rhythm disorders without being able to provide any evidence to support with certainty the hypothesis of an in-flight malaise.
As the conditions of the day were difficult with a lot of turbulence, it cannot be excluded that an aerological phenomenon caused the pilot to lose control of the glider.