Glider Wheel-dangling Accident

A glider (H210B Std Libelle) landing with the wheel disconnected and dangling from the brake cable. It's sort of like a wheels-up, but different. Video taken near Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges in 2005.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• glider
• accident
• wheels-up
• dangling
• wheel
• wilpena
• crash
• landing
• libelle
• VH-GTX

[cassidydude]

Ha ha, grass strip! @surfinglexie you must be from some flat, grassy country in Europe. Off to the side is uneven ground, potholes and saltbush. Trust me, the strip is *only* place to land that wouldn't destroy the plane, wheels up or wheels down.

[cassidydude]

Don't worry, there wasn't that much damage. The forks were down and they took most of it.

[winterka100]

You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel.....

[limagabriel68]

Great Landing captain

[MetalGods]

@winterka100 That´s a good one!

[Chefofnote]

You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel......

[mrjtduracell]

A really nice glider to fly :)

[phillipduran]

@winterka100 hahaha. That made my day.

[Giovanniram22]

Glider pilots can be crazy for even the lightest of scratch on their gliders. I can only immagine the fillings of the pilot after this landing looking again and again the sctratch area (even if it was repaired) and see non perfect areas.

[TRAPBOULTERNAS]

@surfinglexie im sure you know but informing the pilot wouldnt really make a difference, he cant go around, and some random bystanders sometimes dont have the means to find a radio in the time that they see it.....

[SuperNoobdude]

ooo thats not good

[aircraftwiz]

So say that wheels still rolls today.... all across the country side the glider wheels bounces on.... rolling rolling rolling