The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall spin and collision with trees.
— NTSB Determination
The pilot reported that he was ridge soaring, when he encountered a wind gust, and the glider drifted over the crest of a ridge. He tried to return to the windward side of the ridge; however, he encountered a wind shear, the glider stalled, and then it entered a spin. The pilot recovered from the spin at a low altitude and flew into an area of scrub oaks in a nose down attitude. The pilot reported: 'Flying faster could have avoided the stall....'
The pilot reported that he was ridge soaring, when he encountered a wind gust, and the glider drifted over the crest of a ridge. He tried to return to the windward side of the ridge; however, he encountered a wind shear, the glider stalled, and then it entered a spin. The pilot recovered from the spin at a low…
The accident on 1996-05-19 involved a Schweizer SGS-2-33A, registration N65847, at Bloomingburg, NY.
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall spin and collision with trees.
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