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David Pearson

David Pearson

SFFL: 42
Date:
October 28, 2014
Nationality: American
Location: Soboba Flight Park, San Jacinto, CA USA
COD: Impact Ground
Ground Launching or Skiing: Ground Launching
Wing Type: Ozone Fazer 2 - 8.5m²
Wing loading: Unknown
Age: 30
Experience: Unknown
Beacon/Locator/Etc (Spot, in Reach, Recco, GPS): Unknown

Description:

30 year old pilot Dave Pearson of Los Angeles was killed while attempting to do so some barrel rolls. With around 1½ to 2 years pilot experience and having done the manoeuvres many times before, on this flight his glider suffered a collapse at a critical moment which put him in to a locked-in spiral before crashing into the ground. The accident was reported at 10:15am by Riverside County Fire Department officials.


Below is Troy Hartman's official report to USHPA


The pilot was flying a Fazer2 8.5m. This was a new wing and his first flight on it. His current wing was a Fazer2 10m. The time of the flight was 10:10am and conditions were light with straight in winds of 2-3 mph. The pilot launched from 1500' agl and flew straight out for about 20 seconds, gaining a few hundred feet of clearance from the ground. Witnesses stated that at this point he made a slight left turn followed by an attempt at a barrel roll to the right. Witness accounts indicate that the wing went into an immediate, fully developed spin to the right with the inside half of the wing collapsed along the trailing edge. After approximately one turn of the
spin, the wing re-inflated and surged forward, immediately entering a spiral dive. This spiral dive remained until impact. The pilot died at the scene.

The pilot was wearing a wrist-mounted GoPro. No video was recovered from the camera since it was in photo mode. The photos on the memory card clearly
indicate that the pilot was adjusting the camera (likely to switch from photo to video mode) seconds before the loss of control.

Without clear video of the pilot and wing, no conclusion can be made as to what exactly happened. It can be surmised however that attempting an advanced manoeuvre within the first 20 seconds of flight on a new wing is a significant contributing factor. It is also likely that the pilot's diversion of attention to the camera compounded this somewhat.

The pilot was not wearing a reserve, which could have changed the outcome.


http://www.pe.com/articles/jacinto-7...san-crash.html



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