Accidents Initial information about the UL aircraft accident in the area of ​​the SFD Karlovy Vary – Hory on 29.5.2013/XNUMX/XNUMX.

Initial information about the UL aircraft accident in the area of ​​the SFD Karlovy Vary – Hory on 29.5.2013/XNUMX/XNUMX.

The pilot, with the second person on board, took off in the morning under conditions of occasional drizzle on the SFD Hory area with a UL aircraft type EOL-2 Gemini (Seagull) with a Rotax 582 plague on the runway in direction 25. He then performed a flight in the area of ​​the right circle in a time of ten minutes. Meanwhile, it started raining more. The pilot then landed at the start of runway 25 and subsequently performed a flying take-off. The UL aircraft climbed in the direction of 25 with a slight yaw to the right significantly slower than during the first take-off and caught the tops of the trees on the right next to the end of runway 25, then fell into the vegetation. The crew got out of the plane under their own power, according to the statement, without injuries, the plane was badly damaged. After approximately half an hour, the pilot felt increasing pain in his ankles and was taken by a colleague from the airport for a professional medical examination.

LAA Comment:

The UL aircraft was in good condition before the flight, and after the accident, no technical causes that could lead to the occurrence of this event were also detected. The investigation into the accident is at the beginning, however, from the findings so far it appears that the only change compared to the conditions of the first take-off was the deterioration of the weather with increasing rain, which could have affected the flight performance of the machine.
Please take into account the conditions in which you are going to fly and adjust your actions accordingly. UL airplanes have different powerful propulsion units and different profiles of the bearing surfaces, and thus they are also differently sensitive to meteorological conditions. However, it can always be said that rainfall (affecting the surface of the wing) on ​​the one hand, or summer heat on the other, will not improve the machine's performance, but the opposite.
            LAA inspector Petr Chvojka with the blue sky