another crash

https://www-1.thenewstribune.com/new...234517642.html

Seems to be an unusually bad season for accidents.

Is it just me.....or do others click the link, see a bit, then locks up trying to load some other site?

Regardless, sucks another broken glider....

On DG with the one piece canopy, the head rest is mounted on the canopy, and one can imagine the effect of the canopy flying forward into the back of the pilots head, I removed mine from the canopy for exactly this reason after reading a previous accident report.

On 8/31/19 8:38 PM, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
Is it just me.....or do others click the link, see a bit, then locks up trying to load some other site?

Regardless, sucks another broken glider....


It still works for me. Fatal crash of motorglider, Aug 25 at Buckley
Washington, near Tacoma. Clipped trees after takeoff. I'm not finding
anything else.

On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 10:19:15 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:

It still works for me. Fatal crash of motorglider, Aug 25 at Buckley
Washington, near Tacoma. Clipped trees after takeoff. I'm not finding
anything else.

Registry shows owner has a DG-300. Don't see any evidence of a motor in the pictures. Maybe a low altitude release? Condolences to the family and all his friends.

Steve Leonard

On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 8:33:02 PM UTC-7, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 10:19:15 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:

It still works for me. Fatal crash of motorglider, Aug 25 at Buckley
Washington, near Tacoma. Clipped trees after takeoff. I'm not finding
anything else.

Registry shows owner has a DG-300. Don't see any evidence of a motor in the pictures. Maybe a low altitude release? Condolences to the family and all his friends.

Steve Leonard

Departed from a nearby gliding field. Crash occurred while out-landing at a nearby private airfield. Very sad news indeed. This has been a tough summer.

Craig Funston

Very sad indeed.

There is another newsarticle with a clearer picture of the glider which seems to show an extended engine mast.

http://www.yelmonline.com/news/artic...b731bf84a.html

Only DG aircraft I see registered to that name and state is a -300.
My respectful condolences to family and friends.

On 8/31/19 11:27 PM, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
Very sad indeed.

There is another newsarticle with a clearer picture of the glider which seems to show an extended engine mast.

http://www.yelmonline.com/news/artic...b731bf84a.html


That's what I had seen, but Kathryn's Report is saying it's a DG-300.
Another sad day for soaring in any case.

On Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 12:27:36 AM UTC-5, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
Very sad indeed.

There is another newsarticle with a clearer picture of the glider which seems to show an extended engine mast.

http://www.yelmonline.com/news/artic...b731bf84a.html

I think you will discover that is a person walking along the tree line in the background, and not an extended engine mast.

https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=1...:26-AUG-19,YES

Third one in the list. Agree, Craig. This has been a very tough season.

Steve Leonard