CFI’s Report

Bidford Gliding and Flying Club

AGM

March 20141

CFI’s Report

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Review of 2013 flying statistics

Club membership

BGA Safer Gliding initiative

Plans for 2014

Club glider launches and hours

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2011 2012 2013 Change

Hours flown in club gliders 197 135 215 +59%Total launches 869 620 895 +44%

Rainfall in 2013 was 41% less than in 2012 for 3 month periodApril/June

Met Office stats for England

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2012 2013 % ChangeSunshine hoursApril 129.4 167.7 + 30%May 194.3 189.6 -2.5%

June 117.9 186.8 +58%

Rain days >1mmApril 18.2 10.2 -43%May 10 .0 12.2 +22%

June 16.4* 9.1 -44%*Highest since 1998

Rainfall mmApril 128.0 64.0 -50%May 65.8 90.8 +38%

June 149.0* 46.5 -69%*Highest for over 100 years

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Key Statistics 2012 to 2013

Hours flown in club gliders up 59%

Sunshine hours up 58%

Rainfall down by 69%

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2012 2013 Change

Gliding members 51 57 + 12%

Trial lessons(Temporary new members) 118 113

New members 3 17

Gliding club members

Flying Activities

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Advanced Cross Country Course 27th April to 5th MayFlew 8 out of 9 days

Wings and Wheels 26th May

Bidford Regionals 13 to 21st JulyFlew 8 out of 9 days

BMI Fly In 28th August

Hosted Interclub League Final 31st August to 1st September

Notable Flying Achievements

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Cross Country30th April 2x500 David Findon and Malcolm Lasson27th April Advanced Cross Country Course

“Wall to wall soaring with improvements in speed by all, consecutive 500k days,lead and follow, AAT planning”2x500 First with logger failure second disallowed MATZ airspace.

2nd June 4x 500s by Bill Inglis, David Findon, Malcolm Lasson and Mike Pope

CompetitionsBidford Regionals - Won by Bill Inglis with 3 Bidford pilots in the top 4Shennington Regionals - 2 Bidford pilots in top 3

First SolosZoe Harris – 21st SeptemberEric Dillon – first solo since 1978Pierre Peyret

Cross country ladder points

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Cotswold Gliding Club 141322Bath Wilts and N Dorset 96042Bidford Gliding and Flying 87979Banbury 30343Shennington 28524Stratford 5034

Safer Gliding

Regional CFI meeting

14th Feb 2014

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Topics Accidents

– fatal

– serious injury

– substantial damage

– instructing

– trial lessons

– TMG

– tug

– integrity

– winch

Safety priorities for 201401/04/2014 11

Fatal accidents 2008-2013

zero fatal accidents in 2013

8 accidents in the 6 years 2008-2013

24 in the previous 6 years

27.4 in the average 6 year period 1978-2007

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How did 24 fatal from 2002-2007 become 8 fatal from 2008-2013?

4 fewer winch

3 fewer collision; Flarm? Fortuitous?

3 fewer hit mountain (abroad)

2 fewer medical (in tugs)

1 from each of technical (K7 wing), undershoot (photographer), suicide, TMG (winch cable)

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Potential fatal accidents in 2013

Potential fatal accidents

winch launch with disconnected elevator

winch cartwheel, fell right way up

final turn at 200ft, spin

field landing, final turn, spin

inadvertent spin at 900ft on trial lesson

tug upset, tug flew away from 40ft

TMG touch and go, picked up winch cable

hit tree then hill on South Downs

No actual fatal accidents in 2013 but 8 accidents could easily have been fatal:

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Fatal accident prognosis

fewer winch should continue

no collisions in 2013; fewer collisions maycontinue (Flarm? Probably)

there will be future fatalities unless we can stop having potential fatal accidents

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To avoid future fatal accidents

CFIs: please ensure your members apply known good practice to:

– rig correctly

– avoid inadvertent spins

– avoid tug upsets

– avoid collisions (Have you got Flarm?)

– avoid winch stall/spin

– combat winch cartwheel

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Serious injury accidents in 2013

field landing, spin in final turn

undershot field

airbrakes opened on launch, pilot unaware

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Substantial damage in 2013

17 more than in 2012

– twice the usual landing total

– many from towing behind a car, or wind

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Accident/incident reports fatal

injury

serious injury

substantial damage

all

2013 3 74 155

2012 3 5 57 159

2011 4 57 153

2010 1 6 54 132

2009 4 3 59 149

2008 6 52 123

2007 4 9 56 130

2006 3 7 54 146

average 1974-2005 4.4 6.8 58 15701/04/2014 19

Instructing accidents in 2013

no fatal or serious injury in 2013

but 7 substantial damage

8 other accidents or incidents

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All instructing accidents/incidents fatal

injury

serious injury

substantial damage

all

2013 7 15

2012 1 7 18

2011 3 16

2010 4 13

2009 1 5 11

2008 1 3 15

2007 1 4 12

2006 2 4 19

average 1974-2005 0.8 1.5 8 2501/04/2014 21

Instructing accidents 2013Substantial damage with instructor issues

canopy opened & shattered

hit sapling on approach, landed sideways

winch wing drop

hurried field landing from local flight

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Instructing accidents/incidents 2013minor or no damage

low cable break, heavy landing; P1 not aware low CB are demo onlygroundloop landing

cable break, parachute and 50m cable fell on 3rd party building

lateral tug upset, rope fell on farm building

pulled 7 or 8 g at 100kt entering loopP2 flown overweight

battery came loose in flight

spin training, stick released P1's harness

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Trial lesson accidents 2013

3 substantial damage

8 other accidents/incidents

Do some of your trial lesson instructors need additional training and/or supervision?

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Trial lesson accidents/incidents 2013 fatal

injury

serious injury

substantial damage

all

2013 3 11

2012 1 6

2011 1 4

2010 1 4

2009 5 8

2008 3

2007 1 1 6

2006 2 4

average 1974-2005 0.2 0.2 2.2 601/04/2014 25

Trial lesson accidents/incidents 2013Substantial damage

airbrakes opened on launch, field landing (P1 unaware, ‘slow learner’ aged 68, 185 launches to solo in 2006, BI rating only in 2013; should never have become a BI?)

aerotow, wing hit control vehicle (lined up behind and close to the vehicle)

trial lesson, EFATO, glider landed safely, tug pilot flew to a controlled crash

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Trial lesson accidents/incidents 2013 minor or no damage

Puchacz, 40kt in rough thermal at 900ft, inadvertent spin (also 90°cross wind gusting to 30kt; P1 should not have taken off!)5/8 cloud at 1700ft, unable to return to airfield (should have stayed on the ground?)Tug pilot concerned about fuel, asked P1 for quick release, P1 pulled trim instead of release, tug upset (tug pilot should have refuelled!)

Heavy landing

P2 opened canopy in flight (the family pressed a reluctant P2 into flying; P1 should have said no)P2 broke canopy disembarkingHangar flight, airbrake hit bankDuring pre-flight preparation the front rudder adjustment handle detached

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All Tug accidents/incidents fatal

injury

serious injury

substantial damage

all

2013 3 11

2012 5

2011 1 7

2010 2 6

2009 1 7

2008 2 9

2007 3 10

2006 4

average 1974-2005 0.5 0.1 2.4 6.601/04/2014 28

Tug upsets 2013

tug pilot guillotined rope, pulled out of dive at 40ft AGL

glider pilot pulled trim lever to release

lateral upset

Please ensure your members follow the advice in the safe aerotowing leaflet

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Tug accidents/incidents 2013 minor or no damage

Crosswind, drifted off runway, prop strikePenetrated cloud, tug pilot jettisoned ropeAbove scattered cloud 6nm from a/f, haze, tug pilot was lostTug landing, rope hit fenceTaxi, prop strikeTug taxi into chairsTug taxi into fuel bowser

Taxi, collided with object

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Integrity accidents/incidents 2013

6 rigging errors and omissions

we are not succeeding in tackling this problem

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Integrity accidents/incidents

rigging canopy other

2013 6 3 42012 4 11 42011 6 7 62010 6 5 52009 1 4 12008 1 4 32007 4 5 0

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Serious rigging accidents/incidents 2013

Olympia 2B winch launch, unconnected elevator

Std Cirrus main pin found on seat at launch point

Libelle, flight with unconnected aileron

ASW 20, flight with unconnected flap

Antares flown without wing outer section

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One glider was taken to the launch point with the main pin on the pilots seat

Safety Messages

we have been lucky to avoid any fatal accidents in 2013

we have the right safety messages but, except for avoidance of winch stall/spin, they are not always being heeded

we need to reinforce the following messages

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Reinforcement-main messagescollision Your life depends on your lookoutrigging Rig without interruption or distraction; one person must be

responsible Get a second person to check connectionsstall/spin Fly the glider is ALWAYS the first priority, whatever the

workload and distractionswinch Reliable kit; correct set-up (Stop the Drop); release

BEFORE the dropping wing hits the ground; continue to follow the BGA advice to avoid a stall and spin during rotation or after a launch failure

aerotow Avoid tug upsets

trial lessons

Ensure trial lessons are as risk-free as possible!! That was not the case in 2013

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To avoid future fatal accidents

CFIs: please ensure your members apply known good practice to:

– rig correctly

– avoid inadvertent spins

– avoid tug upsets

– avoid collisions

– avoid winch stall/spin

– combat winch cartwheel

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Plans for 2014

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Instructors

Instructor Coverage

Flying Activities

EASA Licencing

Instructors 2014

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Full CatFrank JeynesKeith EdmundsDavid FindonMalcolm Lasson

Assistant

Keith BrackstoneDavid SandellsGraham Barlow(Pete |Freeman)

BasicBill InglisAlan BroadbridgeAllan Wallace(Madeleine Findon)

Instructor Coverage for 2014

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Every SaturdayEvery other SundayEvery Wednesday subject to demand.

Self authorised 7 days a week subject to tug availability

Flying Awards for 2014

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Club Ladder

CFIs Cup for the best flight

Cup for the Pilot Most Likely To..

Cairngorn Shield for most height gain

New CupFor the fastest handicapped 300

EASA Licencing

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By April 7th 2015 you must have either

Light Aircraft Pilots Licence (Sailplanes) Or aSailplane Licence

Full details on the BGA website.