Accident to the Sportine Aviacija - Lak17B FES/JET MINI registered LY-GRO on 02/08/2021 at Serres-La Bâtie Montsaléon
Perte de contrôle lors d’une ressource à l’atterrissage par vent arrière, collision avec le sol
On returning from a cross-country flight, the pilot decided to land on runway 18 with a northwesterly wind of more than 10 km/h and gusts reaching close to 40 km/h. The airspeed during the approach was greater than the recommended speed of 95 km/h. The pilot turned early to join the final which obliged him to adopt a steep slope on starting the descent and led to an increase in airspeed. He did not sufficiently take into account the transverse drift generated by the wind and found himself on the left of the runway centreline on coming out of the turn. The glider’s excessive airspeed, reaching 120 km/h, combined with the tailwind, left little time for the pilot to correct his flight path on final. Given the remaining runway distance and the speed of the gilder when he aligned on the centreline, the pilot carried out a pull up and gained altitude possibly with a view to carrying out an adapted circuit to land on the runway in use. During this climb, the speed of the glider quickly dropped until the glider stalled.