Hey this is just like that wing walker video; same situation. In that vid, the biplane lost power at around 100ft and he tried to turn tight and go back but got a spin instead.
Am I right? looking on the windsock on the left he was landing with the wind not upwind so he simply stalled his glider and the wind push him into the turn direction?
@matt4436 When I learned to fly gliders, the cable snapped at low altitude when one of my fellows started. He managed to do a 180 degree turn with the wings almost vertical and made it, despite he was a beginner...
When the cable snapped he should have carried straight on for an into wind landing instead of turning back. But maybe there were obstructions straight ahead so he had no choice but to turn back?
I tell my students all the time "NEVER" Turn back to the airport without sufficient altitude during an emergency after takeoff. You have to man up and commit to landing straight ahead no matter what. Golf Course, parking lot, Road, farmland whatever is there you must resist the urge to turn back. At low altitude it "ALWAYS" ends in a crash. Its called The Impossible turn in class. I had a great friend that attempted the impossible turn, and it cost him is life
You are right, its a fine distinction. I don't want people to be put off trying a glider winch launch because they think its intrinsically dangerous. Before anyone is sent solo on the winch they must show that they can safely react to low, medium and high breaks, and to release the cable before a wing touches the ground.
The pilot was flying too slowly through the air and stalled. He/she thought that he/she was flying too fast because of the ground rush affect when flying low. With a strong tail-wind, this gives the illusion that you are flying too fast and in fact you are flying too slow through the air and so stall. I refer to this video when instructing student glider pilots.
@dieselmac Uh -uh. Firstly -- too slow, THEN loss of lift --- especially under the inboard wing. In this case the right wing. Right wing goes down, and the result is a spin. unrecoverable at that low height.
Probably instructor's fault? Before signing someone off to solo, make sure they know that the stalling speed increases with the bank of a turn. If this guy was higher, he would have gone into a full spin. Hardly survivable.
@fadinas111 You've got to be kidding! From that height there is no time for spin recovery! The best you could do is to fall on wing to absorb energy! Rule is simple, fly fast!
If it was a cable break at low altitude, the pilot would normally not attempt to return to the airfield for exactly this reason - low, slow, and downwind - with the spin as the finale. However here we don't know if landing ahead would have been possible - obstructions, whatever. he may have had no alternative to turning back, with the result you see.
This is what's called an accelerated stall, and I've never seen such a good demonstration before. Basically, when you bank into a turn, the wings are no longer oriented horizontally, so their lift is no longer entirely directed upwards. This guy got low and slow and banked sharply, upon which he stalled and fell out of the sky.
Classic example of a spin on finals - Low + slow + too much rudder = Spin in! The pilot should have known better. Luckily looks like he should have survived the crash!
Many comments misses basic facts: The winch cable braks at 80m, and the unlucky pilot is forced to attempt a 180 deg turn and tailwind landing from very low altitude.
@HallaBalla1959 yes it's a what we call a special flight situation. If the winch cable breaks between 50 and 100m then the pilot has to perform a 180 degree turn open the airbrakes and land with tailwind!
@HallaBalla1959 Performing a 180 deg turn from 80 m altitude is never a good idea in a glider... Unexperianced pilots will hold back on the stick to save altitude = high risk of stalling the plane, just as in this video. To bad if the terrain ahead gave no other option than to try to make that unlucky 180 turn. I hope the pilot wasn´t hurt.
@STRURM249 Exactly, I was taught under 200ft AGL land straight ahead, over 200ft "consider" a 180 turn. If there's a strong headwind you should still land straight ahead.
Its normal for glider pilots to experience cable breaks at 80 meters up. It happened to glider pilots dozens of times either during practice or for real. First thing is to get the nose down to a flying attitude, then wait until the speed builds up before maneuvering. If high enough go around an abbreviated circuit otherwise land ahead. If neither are possible you should not have launched.
@groberts101 I don't see much disagreement here. The pilot obviously decided that a straight ahead landing was not the best option. Maybe he was wrong. We don't know the exact circumstances.
Never learned cable lauch myself, only towing behind a Cub in a Bergfalke, many years ago. :-)
The man, who's talking in th evideo says that the steel cable of the winch broke off and because of this the glider was falling down and the pilot didn't make any mistakes and yes there was a stall because the glider hadn't the correct speed
@whiteTiger941 - not if terrain does not allow it... better land upwards with tailwind instead of downwards into the wind (steep slope, apparently not the case here)
The report of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation states that "...In a reverse curve, the glider touched the ground with the wing as a result of Bank angle..." (Original: "...Bei einer Umkehrkurve berührte das Segelflugzeug mit dem Tragflügel den Boden infolge Querneigung (Ringelpiez).")
@1812over2 thats a fucking stall retard! and thats not a fucking guess! even the title of the fucking video indicates a stall! look at the fucking windsock! watch the fucking plane stall with your own two fucking eyes! if your blind im sorry, but that is the only fucking excuse not to fucking recognise that AS A FUCKING STALL!
@1812over2 nice try poser they dont use winches to land, and besides THATS A FUCKING STALL!!! the only gliders you fly are the foam ones you can buy at the local store!!! quit talking now your making yourself look like an ass!
@1812over2 read the other posts!! notice a trend in comments? notice the word "stall" mentioned a couple times maybe? are we all wrong? what ever Tchaikovsky!
@JetFlyyer stop wasting my time. you dont know what your talking about! sure the wingtip hit the ground. but it hit the ground while the glider was in a stall. do some fucking research. what ever happened to making well informed decisions. if cant recognise a stall when you see one you have a lot to learn.
@JetFlyyer at .05 seconds he is not in contact with the ground in any way, and he's is in a tip stall. do you land with the wind? didnt think so! notice the wind sock.
@JetFlyyer you just described a stall basicly. anyway when the amount of wind over the wing adversly affects the lift coeficient then your talking about a stall. steep banked turn, low airspeed, and linding with a tail wind are a really bad combo.
@wristp1n Ahh I see now but of course all aircarft stall differently not just SLOWLY lowering their nose and wing. If he was flying an aircraft with a higher wing loading he would enter a spin if im correct.
@JetFlyyer if that glider would have been another hundred feet off the ground you would have witnessed a spin. any plane can spin in. planes with high wing loading need to have more air moving over the foil to mainain lift i.e. airspeed.
At first it looked like he struck a wire with the left wing, but it looks more like he struck the right wingtip on the ground trying to make the turn to final. As someone pointed out, he's landing in a tailwind.
of course, loses height as soon as it gets a tail wind. have often wondered if and how they may check winch cables for stress and strain, or is it that they (should) have an expiry based on the number of winches? does anyone know? all cables will eventually break.
@urgdaddy - maybe there was no other option since the cable broke during the launch at 80 meters above ground. There seams to be a slope at the end of the field (Another plane damaged after the cable broke at 30 meters...)
@simu0 even at 80m you should still be able to land straight ahead as you have barely started the launch, you might end up right near the winch though and need a tow back
@funfly3 - sure, if the runway is long enough, the terrain is all plane up to the winch, there are no others obstacles, wind is favorable (should normally be, but ...). Have you read my second sentence? seams like landing straight (from 30m) can be a problem there. But I were not there, I have no idea... Where I normally fly, 80m is the height at which you can/must decide to land straight or turn around (depending mostly on wind). BTW ending up near our winch would likely be a destroyed plane
@funfly3 - might... but it‘s not speculation; at least it is exactly what the commentator/reporter is telling! My translation: “Sunday afternoon in Magdeburg. It was a routine start with cable winch, but at an height of 80 meters the steel cable broke. For the pilot this crash ends with a few cuts.”
@funfly3 It is SZD-41A Jantar Standard. Two pieces canopy, plain trapezoid wing planform, midwing configuration, and yes can bite unawary drivers... Flown such and other Jantar's. Probably more than 500 h so far. It is very popular here in Poland. How can you mistake it with doublesiter, I wonder???
tailwind landing...looked like he had enough speed but, alas, no. Silly. Very silly. Cant see much of the airfield but look long enough for a cross wind landing at the least.
@aaronos1980 as he turned downwind on the erroneous final approach he probably had let the airspeed already decay in anticipation of landing. As soon as he turned downwind, you basically subtract out that windspeed and he was left with no enough. Right wing stalled first and she spiralled right. He is lucky he was reasonably low.
The pilot was flying too slowly and stalled. He/she thought that he/she was flying too fast because of the ground rush affect when flying low. With a strong tail-wind, this gives the allusion that you are flying too fast and in fact you are flying too slow through the air and stall. I refer to this video when instructing glider pilots.
Landing into the wind is desirable because it results in a lower groundspeed, that's all. It has nothing to do with stalling or not stalling, i.e. the aircraft's energy level. This glider stalled because the pilot exceeded the maximum angle of attack as he ran out of energy (airspeed and height above terrain) before completing his turn, wind direction is irrelevant for that occurence.
@jedrinck Landing downwind is not always an option, from a small gliding site or on a field landing even a moderate tailwind would mean fluing through the hedge. A headwind gives you the most options for landing particularly on a cable break.
Its not the bank..you can bank as much as you want if you don't slip or over...his problem the Wind sock (wind direction) and he stallled his right wing
Translation from German:
(Woman) Oh, he is yet heading down again...
(Narrator) Sunday afternoon in Magdeburg.
(Man) He is side-slipping.
(Woman) Oh, Crap. Lets go there.
(Narrator) It was a normal start with a winch. But at a height of 80 meters the steel cable breaks. The pilot gets out of the crash with some cuts.
TheDrivingPete 2 days ago
Hey this is just like that wing walker video; same situation. In that vid, the biplane lost power at around 100ft and he tried to turn tight and go back but got a spin instead.
transdrole 5 days ago
Am I right? looking on the windsock on the left he was landing with the wind not upwind so he simply stalled his glider and the wind push him into the turn direction?
matt4436 3 weeks ago
@matt4436 When I learned to fly gliders, the cable snapped at low altitude when one of my fellows started. He managed to do a 180 degree turn with the wings almost vertical and made it, despite he was a beginner...
YDDES 1 week ago
Setting up a winch launch in which if the cable breaks early in the launch
you cannot land in the launch direction due to obstructions....is basically
asking for trouble. You cannot make a 180 turn from 80 meters just because
'you want to"...magical thinking is trumped by physical laws every time.
eaterofclams 4 weeks ago
And that is why you cordinate your turns at low altitude.
fawas92 4 weeks ago
When the cable snapped he should have carried straight on for an into wind landing instead of turning back. But maybe there were obstructions straight ahead so he had no choice but to turn back?
TungstenKid 4 weeks ago
ha ha, see I misread the title. I thought this said How TO land a glider. OOPS
7jsm7 1 month ago
I tell my students all the time "NEVER" Turn back to the airport without sufficient altitude during an emergency after takeoff. You have to man up and commit to landing straight ahead no matter what. Golf Course, parking lot, Road, farmland whatever is there you must resist the urge to turn back. At low altitude it "ALWAYS" ends in a crash. Its called The Impossible turn in class. I had a great friend that attempted the impossible turn, and it cost him is life
cobrala 1 month ago 3
@HallaBalla1959
You are right, its a fine distinction. I don't want people to be put off trying a glider winch launch because they think its intrinsically dangerous. Before anyone is sent solo on the winch they must show that they can safely react to low, medium and high breaks, and to release the cable before a wing touches the ground.
Enjoy your flying.
groberts101 2 months ago
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The pilot was flying too slowly through the air and stalled. He/she thought that he/she was flying too fast because of the ground rush affect when flying low. With a strong tail-wind, this gives the illusion that you are flying too fast and in fact you are flying too slow through the air and so stall. I refer to this video when instructing student glider pilots.
petercstephenson 2 months ago
I dont see the issue thats a greaser landing for sure 10/10
DJDangerHouse01 2 months ago
Scheiße!
Collector1979 2 months ago
The only word I understood was Scheiße (Shiza)
DerekBurn 2 months ago
ok the cablebroke, 80 meter to low for parachute, he didnt make it to the runnway, just land frontwind where it looks flat.
nolifemerc 2 months ago
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ComedicInstincts 2 months ago
it is called a stall due to high bank angle.
this formula makes it easyer to understand because stall speed increases with increasing load factor:
Vs(turn) = Vs1g x root(1/cos(bank angle))
KiRoVuS 3 months ago
not trying to fly into the wind huh? I WILL CALL IN A SUPER TYPHOON AND TELL YA TO LAND THAT RIGHT AWAY MATE!
Cathaydude 3 months ago
A successful landing, he's a winner and survived without taking out the airshow audience..
faultyservice 3 months ago
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say loss of lift.
dieselmac 3 months ago
@dieselmac Uh -uh. Firstly -- too slow, THEN loss of lift --- especially under the inboard wing. In this case the right wing. Right wing goes down, and the result is a spin. unrecoverable at that low height.
baldymanatdesk 3 months ago
Probably instructor's fault? Before signing someone off to solo, make sure they know that the stalling speed increases with the bank of a turn. If this guy was higher, he would have gone into a full spin. Hardly survivable.
plsniper 4 months ago
wiso is der bei 80 m nicht geradeaus gelandet??
haha2927 5 months ago
@haha2927 normales verfahren im 1/3
bizzl96 4 months ago
Die versuchte Umkehrkurve war ein Fehler. Glücklicherweise ging der Absturz für den Piloten glimpflich aus.
0nem1leh1gh 5 months ago
sheisse.. xD
MrHahayoulose 5 months ago
This clip has been used to show hundreds of student pilots the importance of pre-spin recognition, recovery, proper flight and circuit management.
fadinas111 5 months ago
@fadinas111 You've got to be kidding! From that height there is no time for spin recovery! The best you could do is to fall on wing to absorb energy! Rule is simple, fly fast!
WolfTheAviator 4 months ago
If it was a cable break at low altitude, the pilot would normally not attempt to return to the airfield for exactly this reason - low, slow, and downwind - with the spin as the finale. However here we don't know if landing ahead would have been possible - obstructions, whatever. he may have had no alternative to turning back, with the result you see.
Hope he/she was OK!
Serapick 5 months ago 13
lucky.
SurveyForGold 5 months ago
The costruction of the cockpit of one of those means the pilot probably escaped unscathed
mrturtlebobington 5 months ago
its called too low
dade356 5 months ago
That's pretty much a demonstration of how not to land Anything.
It's not just Gliders that will enter an accelerated stall.
hammerogod 6 months ago
must normaly fly choppers and got confused .
blobby1972 6 months ago
Spin entry from slow, ruddered turns.
philipdp1995 6 months ago
This is what's called an accelerated stall, and I've never seen such a good demonstration before. Basically, when you bank into a turn, the wings are no longer oriented horizontally, so their lift is no longer entirely directed upwards. This guy got low and slow and banked sharply, upon which he stalled and fell out of the sky.
zenwick 6 months ago
Why did he have the spoilers out?
puapake 6 months ago
FWA.
nagrom355 6 months ago
Classic example of a spin on finals - Low + slow + too much rudder = Spin in! The pilot should have known better. Luckily looks like he should have survived the crash!
severniae 6 months ago
Woah! Is he ok?
concorde232 6 months ago
@concorde232 According to the reporter he was lucky and got away with scratches.
fahrzeit1 6 months ago
Wow some fake sounds.
likevvii 6 months ago
Fail
alan517815 6 months ago
Many comments misses basic facts: The winch cable braks at 80m, and the unlucky pilot is forced to attempt a 180 deg turn and tailwind landing from very low altitude.
HallaBalla1959 6 months ago 43
@HallaBalla1959 yes it's a what we call a special flight situation. If the winch cable breaks between 50 and 100m then the pilot has to perform a 180 degree turn open the airbrakes and land with tailwind!
whiteTiger941 6 months ago
@HallaBalla1959 Performing a 180 deg turn from 80 m altitude is never a good idea in a glider... Unexperianced pilots will hold back on the stick to save altitude = high risk of stalling the plane, just as in this video. To bad if the terrain ahead gave no other option than to try to make that unlucky 180 turn. I hope the pilot wasn´t hurt.
MrUllersater 4 months ago
@MrUllersater they say he only had cuts
EpicNova311 4 months ago
@HallaBalla1959 If i had a cable break (again) at 80m, i'd try and land in front of me, 180 is too risky that low
STRURM249 3 months ago
@STRURM249 Exactly, I was taught under 200ft AGL land straight ahead, over 200ft "consider" a 180 turn. If there's a strong headwind you should still land straight ahead.
linuxxc 3 months ago
@HallaBalla1959
Your basic facts are wrong.
Its normal for glider pilots to experience cable breaks at 80 meters up. It happened to glider pilots dozens of times either during practice or for real. First thing is to get the nose down to a flying attitude, then wait until the speed builds up before maneuvering. If high enough go around an abbreviated circuit otherwise land ahead. If neither are possible you should not have launched.
We all make mistakes, but this was a mistake.
groberts101 2 months ago
@groberts101 I don't see much disagreement here. The pilot obviously decided that a straight ahead landing was not the best option. Maybe he was wrong. We don't know the exact circumstances.
Never learned cable lauch myself, only towing behind a Cub in a Bergfalke, many years ago. :-)
HallaBalla1959 2 months ago
@HallaBalla1959 I have had similar things happen with RC gliders and can attest that these situations are nearly unrecoverable.
Revorob 3 weeks ago
He had a rope break in about 80m height. That's what the reporter says.
baseballballs 7 months ago
Looks like it hit a power line???
dtdan65 7 months ago 2
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groberts101 7 months ago
Reminds me of that one CF-18 crash in Cold Lake last year.
ReverbZero 7 months ago
OMG SHIEßE!!!!! Did he DIED!?!?
eeektavius 8 months ago
@eeektavius no
FunSegelflieger 7 months ago
What is this all about?
I expected to see a vid about somebody who puts gold leaf onto inanimate obects.
Not somebody in a cheap plane that doesn't even have an engine.
Dyslexia lures KO.
johnpetermalcolm 8 months ago
@johnpetermalcolm first of all, it's called a glider for a reason..
gliding is one of the most enjoyed leisure activities in the world
secondly, the thing you're expecting to see is a gilder, not a glider.
ALexpWTFISTHAT 8 months ago
@ALexpWTFISTHAT
I honestly thought that my last line would have made people realise that I was making a joke :(
johnpetermalcolm 8 months ago
wow he did land!
ArubaSailing 8 months ago
Scheiße hahaha
danbaumann84 8 months ago
allein schon das RTL diese Töne bei der Zeitlupe hinzufügt
ech überflüssig von RTL !!!!!!!!!!!
benedicthac 8 months ago
@benedicthac is halt hartz 4 tv
Dam1XxX 8 months ago
The man, who's talking in th evideo says that the steel cable of the winch broke off and because of this the glider was falling down and the pilot didn't make any mistakes and yes there was a stall because the glider hadn't the correct speed
KikyReggea 8 months ago 2
Does anybody know what happened to the pilot?
Ratshee 8 months ago
@Ratshee The commentary says he got away with some minor injuries.
Airblader 8 months ago
@Airblader
I don't speak a word of german unfortunately, thank you.
Ratshee 7 months ago
Diese verdammte 4. Kurve- ist doch klassisch
ThePsu36 8 months ago
shizer!
dboy4ever 9 months ago
Doesn't look like a stall, looks like he hit wiring
crocodile2006 9 months ago
That was half cartwheel, and half pancake.
Zyworski 9 months ago
I think also
YavuzSelimIsler 9 months ago
landing is always made into the wind what was this guy thinking doing otherwise?
whiteTiger941 9 months ago
@whiteTiger941 - not if terrain does not allow it... better land upwards with tailwind instead of downwards into the wind (steep slope, apparently not the case here)
simu0 9 months ago
80 meter and cable rupture = land straight ahead. What was he thinking turning around??? Too lazy pushing his plane back or so? 100% pilot error.
fgroen1225 9 months ago
Tip stall!
oviedoglass22 9 months ago
right wing stalled and dropped, otherwise known as a spin entry.
b86878 10 months ago
Lesson
Effectively coming in dead stick in a hard bank downwind.. Not very smart!
SpecialEd0531 10 months ago
looks like he was turning into a downwind instead of a headwind. why would you land going with the wind?
ascitiesburn2001 10 months ago
uh niner niner six four fiver. we got a engine stall, left wing shaky. out of control glider, permission to set this bitch down hard on the ground.
sirjulez2004 10 months ago
The pilot was fighting a crosswind but slightly turning nose to the right but the glider was diving, and finished in a tip stall.
The error was a crosswind maneuver when diving.
tayarati 10 months ago
The report of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation states that "...In a reverse curve, the glider touched the ground with the wing as a result of Bank angle..." (Original: "...Bei einer Umkehrkurve berührte das Segelflugzeug mit dem Tragflügel den Boden infolge Querneigung (Ringelpiez).")
simu0 10 months ago
Scheißer.
jerejose 10 months ago
Approach turn stall...
usmcswanee 11 months ago
guys, he was landing wid strong wind from behind!!! shouldn't you land into the wind?
lorenzopernigotti 11 months ago
scheiza!!!!
ColinSiR 11 months ago
Landings of the pros
leviterande 11 months ago
its called a stall.
wristp1n 11 months ago 39
@wristp1n nope. if you nothing about it you should better stop talking
1812over2 10 months ago
@1812over2 thats a fucking stall retard! and thats not a fucking guess! even the title of the fucking video indicates a stall! look at the fucking windsock! watch the fucking plane stall with your own two fucking eyes! if your blind im sorry, but that is the only fucking excuse not to fucking recognise that AS A FUCKING STALL!
wristp1n 10 months ago
@wristp1n You call me a retard? The fucking winch broke
I know what I'm saying I'm flying gliders myself
1812over2 10 months ago
@1812over2 nice try poser they dont use winches to land, and besides THATS A FUCKING STALL!!! the only gliders you fly are the foam ones you can buy at the local store!!! quit talking now your making yourself look like an ass!
wristp1n 10 months ago
@1812over2 read the other posts!! notice a trend in comments? notice the word "stall" mentioned a couple times maybe? are we all wrong? what ever Tchaikovsky!
wristp1n 10 months ago
@wristp1n lol you could see the wing scrape the ground that brought the glider down not a stall.
JetFlyyer 9 months ago
@JetFlyyer oh great here we go again! you can obviously see that glider stalling before the wing tip strikes the ground. watch the vid again
wristp1n 9 months ago
@wristp1n you know one or 28 people could consider the reason next time for videos like this with poor deph perception :P
JetFlyyer 9 months ago
@JetFlyyer stop wasting my time. you dont know what your talking about! sure the wingtip hit the ground. but it hit the ground while the glider was in a stall. do some fucking research. what ever happened to making well informed decisions. if cant recognise a stall when you see one you have a lot to learn.
wristp1n 9 months ago
@JetFlyyer at .05 seconds he is not in contact with the ground in any way, and he's is in a tip stall. do you land with the wind? didnt think so! notice the wind sock.
wristp1n 9 months ago
@wristp1n well yea he was trying to land with the wind. Where gliders are not responsive
JetFlyyer 9 months ago
@JetFlyyer you just described a stall basicly. anyway when the amount of wind over the wing adversly affects the lift coeficient then your talking about a stall. steep banked turn, low airspeed, and linding with a tail wind are a really bad combo.
wristp1n 8 months ago
@wristp1n Ahh I see now but of course all aircarft stall differently not just SLOWLY lowering their nose and wing. If he was flying an aircraft with a higher wing loading he would enter a spin if im correct.
JetFlyyer 8 months ago
@JetFlyyer if that glider would have been another hundred feet off the ground you would have witnessed a spin. any plane can spin in. planes with high wing loading need to have more air moving over the foil to mainain lift i.e. airspeed.
wristp1n 8 months ago
@wristp1n excatly
JetFlyyer 8 months ago
@wristp1n He was still on the starting rope. So no stall...
wolfpilotde 7 months ago
@wolfpilotde sorry didnt realize they could make tow cables go in 90 degree turns in germany. because here its a little different.
wristp1n 7 months ago
@wristp1n more specifically, a tip stall.
AirForcedude5 7 months ago 2
@wristp1n or a stall developed into a spin?
caycu 6 months ago
@wristp1n Actually, that was a spin. Only the right wing stalled. The left one kept flying.
sam1174 5 months ago
@wristp1n No, its called stupid pilote!
azezrtyuuiopqsdfghjk 4 months ago
@wristp1n Epic glider crash
CarlJohnsonARG 3 months ago
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GayBoyRunning 3 months ago
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@wristp1n How can you stall when it has no engine??? The word glider means it glids threw the air with out the means of a engine...
GayBoyRunning 3 months ago
its called a MAJOR BLIP OF MIND !
VictorYourMind 3 months ago
At first it looked like he struck a wire with the left wing, but it looks more like he struck the right wingtip on the ground trying to make the turn to final. As someone pointed out, he's landing in a tailwind.
rlrsk8r1 11 months ago
@rlrsk8r1 he didn't struck anything... he just stalled with the inner wing...
Maddin2101 11 months ago
I'm surprise it didn't get thrown to peaces
BusinessMartinez 11 months ago
Crowd demands fireballs 100ft high!
sleeptyper 1 year ago
Haha, diese reingeschnittenen "Crash-Geräusche"... Lächerlich.
klaprat 1 year ago
This guy is incredibly lucky, that could have gone a lot worse!
darkoyl28 1 year ago
of course, loses height as soon as it gets a tail wind. have often wondered if and how they may check winch cables for stress and strain, or is it that they (should) have an expiry based on the number of winches? does anyone know? all cables will eventually break.
RezaMorovat 1 year ago
YOU FAIL!!! When you go low and slow, a man in the sky by the name of Murphy strikes down on you with the gift "tipstall"
RCvehicleGuy 1 year ago
i always land that way :D
Truckosaurus15 1 year ago
In Soviet Russia, glider lands you...
Heeeineee 1 year ago
my kite broke!
michael12533 1 year ago
I dont understand german but i think what they said was "oh shit that guy might be dead, do you think we should tell his family?"
cowonutube 1 year ago
He just didn't had time to eject... lol. Hope he's ok.
optyqus 1 year ago
0:08 Scheiße!
Gairm 1 year ago
The low speed of the wind is a big mistake.
hartman12349 1 year ago
What an idiot. Look at the wind sock,...He's landing with the wind and lost lift.... Should be landing from the opposite direction.
urgdaddy 1 year ago
@urgdaddy we all knew that...
charlieechovictor 1 year ago
@urgdaddy - maybe there was no other option since the cable broke during the launch at 80 meters above ground. There seams to be a slope at the end of the field (Another plane damaged after the cable broke at 30 meters...)
simu0 1 year ago
@simu0 even at 80m you should still be able to land straight ahead as you have barely started the launch, you might end up right near the winch though and need a tow back
funfly3 1 year ago
@funfly3 - sure, if the runway is long enough, the terrain is all plane up to the winch, there are no others obstacles, wind is favorable (should normally be, but ...). Have you read my second sentence? seams like landing straight (from 30m) can be a problem there. But I were not there, I have no idea... Where I normally fly, 80m is the height at which you can/must decide to land straight or turn around (depending mostly on wind). BTW ending up near our winch would likely be a destroyed plane
simu0 1 year ago
@simu0 I did but I dont think from the video you get any clues the cable broke at 80m so all this might just be speculation
funfly3 1 year ago
@funfly3 - might... but it‘s not speculation; at least it is exactly what the commentator/reporter is telling! My translation: “Sunday afternoon in Magdeburg. It was a routine start with cable winch, but at an height of 80 meters the steel cable broke. For the pilot this crash ends with a few cuts.”
simu0 1 year ago
Speed and High keep your teeth...
CarlJohnsonARG 1 year ago
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Boieng747obsession 1 year ago
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simu0 1 year ago
The following entry in the database of BFU (Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung) matches the details. Not sure if it is the correct one.
State file number: BFU 3X063-00;
Local Date: 07.05.2000 15:42;
Location: Magdeburg;
Wind speed: 6,173 m/s;
Damage aircraft: Destroyed;
Injuries: minor: 1;
Aircraft type: SZD 41 JANTAR;
Narrative: Beim Windenstart kam es zu einem Seilriss. Bei einer Umkehrkurve berührte das Segelflugzeug mit dem Tragflügel den Boden infolge
Querneigung (Ringelpiez).
simu0 1 year ago
@simu0 I told it was a DG500 but I could be wrong
funfly3 1 year ago
@funfly3 It is SZD-41A Jantar Standard. Two pieces canopy, plain trapezoid wing planform, midwing configuration, and yes can bite unawary drivers... Flown such and other Jantar's. Probably more than 500 h so far. It is very popular here in Poland. How can you mistake it with doublesiter, I wonder???
Cheers
CharlieUniform 1 year ago
Wow...maybe the pilot should've gunned the engine?
hardklc 1 year ago
wie war das nochmal mit "keine engen kurven in bodennähe" fliegen? vollhonk.
FliegerFelix 1 year ago
ouch ...
letzteschlact2 1 year ago
Your stupid heads. This was a breakage!
Fredi2721 1 year ago
I know that guy, he always lands like that.
MrDanieldb 1 year ago
wenn man auf den windsack schaut sieht man das er die lezte kurve mit rückenwind macht das war also ein eindeutiger pilotenfehler
seilriss 1 year ago
Gotta love those added-in sound effects for dramatic impact! (not)
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bronco8585 1 year ago
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why he turnd around?
lexi100806 1 year ago
why he turnd around?
lexi100806 1 year ago
According to the commentators the pilot survived with minor superficial wounds.
couronnes 1 year ago
use crazy glue+ duckt tape=proven technology.
dodoslovensko 1 year ago
tailwind landing...looked like he had enough speed but, alas, no. Silly. Very silly. Cant see much of the airfield but look long enough for a cross wind landing at the least.
aaronos1980 1 year ago
@aaronos1980 as he turned downwind on the erroneous final approach he probably had let the airspeed already decay in anticipation of landing. As soon as he turned downwind, you basically subtract out that windspeed and he was left with no enough. Right wing stalled first and she spiralled right. He is lucky he was reasonably low.
DumbYankies 1 year ago
tip stall!
catamaranman333 1 year ago
low, slow and turning. Not a good combination!
109grob 1 year ago
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Low, slow and turning. Not a good combination!
109grob 1 year ago
Low, slow and turning. Not a good combination!
109grob 1 year ago
i'm sure that'll buff out
sonicfan1996 1 year ago
ten out of ten for a spot landing
reggiepudding 1 year ago
@sunrunner6993 correct but it will give the pilot the perception of moving faster than they are
lhitchins 1 year ago
Too low too slow with a tail wind, right wing stalled out
lhitchins 1 year ago
@lhitchins Incorrect! both wings would have been stalled. keep reading your books dummy
gypsykingg 1 year ago
@lhitchins Tail wind is irrelevant to a stall. Tail wind will affect ground speed not air speed.
Sunrunner6993 1 year ago
scheisse!
sabu85 1 year ago
stalled the wing
James1toknow 1 year ago
The pilot was flying too slowly and stalled. He/she thought that he/she was flying too fast because of the ground rush affect when flying low. With a strong tail-wind, this gives the allusion that you are flying too fast and in fact you are flying too slow through the air and stall. I refer to this video when instructing glider pilots.
petercstephenson 1 year ago
Landing into the wind is desirable because it results in a lower groundspeed, that's all. It has nothing to do with stalling or not stalling, i.e. the aircraft's energy level. This glider stalled because the pilot exceeded the maximum angle of attack as he ran out of energy (airspeed and height above terrain) before completing his turn, wind direction is irrelevant for that occurence.
jedrinck 1 year ago
@jedrinck Landing downwind is not always an option, from a small gliding site or on a field landing even a moderate tailwind would mean fluing through the hedge. A headwind gives you the most options for landing particularly on a cable break.
goatface1000 1 year ago
He Hit the rudder a little toooo much *rire
happyfrog2me 1 year ago
Its not the bank..you can bank as much as you want if you don't slip or over...his problem the Wind sock (wind direction) and he stallled his right wing
happyfrog2me 1 year ago
That impact could have been deadly. If you look at the wind ballon, he was going with the wind.
AirCanada04 1 year ago
Ran out of altitude, airspeed and ideas all at the same time...
juicysquidlad 1 year ago
HAHAH! The wing doesn't even break off xD
RADIOACTIVEBUNY 1 year ago
the glider WAS landing into the wind, what are all you saying about the pilot NOT doing this?
cptstubing 1 year ago
@cptstubing Look at the wind sock blowing in the same direction as hes flying.....
harryGShunt 1 year ago
@harryGShunt Oh yeah yeah yeah you're right... i read it wrong.
cptstubing 1 year ago
what was he thinking