| Date of event: | 2023.08.12 |
| Incident number: | CZ-23-0869 |
| Report: | Final report |
| Place of event: | 800 m south-west of the LKPN |
| Registration mark: | Air accident |
| Weight category MTOM:: | <2250 kg |
| Type of operation: | Recreational and sport aviation |
| Plane / SFM: | Gliders |
| Type of plane / SFM: | PIK-20D |
| Health effects of event: | Without injury |
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Description:
On 12 August 2023, the AAII was notified of an air accident of the PIK-20D glider on a field near the Podhořany airport. In the last third of the aerobatic sequence, the pilot made a right roll with transition to a half-loop. During the transition phase to the climb at approximately 500 m AGL, the left half of the wing broke off and the glider started rotating left around its longitudinal axis. This was followed by the spontaneous release of the right half of the wing and the fuselage started nose diving perpendicular to the ground.
The pilot jettisoned the cockpit canopy and left the glider cabin after unbuckling his seat belts. He immediately activated his emergency parachute, whose canopy was fully functional at approximately 200 m AGL. After a short parachute flight, he landed safely in a field near the wreckage of the glider’s fuselage. The pilot was not hurt. The glider was completely destroyed in flight and also by the subsequent crash of the wreckage on the ground.
On the day of the accident, the AAII inspectors, in cooperation with the Police of the Czech Republic, started investigating the causes.
