Glider Crash Argentina

On Thursday, February 27, 2014 6:40:37 PM UTC-3, wrote:
The glider (a Jantar Std. 2)spun in from low altitude when turning to land in a field. The pilot´s neck snapped during impact and she died on the spot.

She was on a tight final glide flying together with another glider with a highly experienced pilot and a few km from the field they decided to do a 180 to face the wind and land in a field. The other glider landed normally and when the pilot opened his canopy to look back and watch her landing she had already crashed.

I don´t have more details at the moment but I´m sure the logs and other information will be made available.

The entire Argentine gliding community was saddened by the loss of this enthusiastic and promising young pilot. She held a national altitude record and had recently completed her first 500 km task.

Regards,

Juan Carlos

I meant to say they were a few km from the airfield, not the landout field, when they turned to land. Sorry.