Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 3
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 20. 06. 2008
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- —
- Launch site:
- Bulgaria
Equipment
- Wing:
- Unknown › Micro Glider
- Wing size:
- —
- Safety devices:
- —
Personal
- Name:
- Petko Dimitre Petkov
- Age:
- 29
- Weight:
- —
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Bulgarian
- Experience level:
- —
- Experience description:
- —
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- —
- Factors:
- Turbulence
Description
Petko whilst flying a micro glider lost control of his glider after flying into turbulence.
The extremely dynamic responses to disturbances of the glider caused the glider to collapse and spiral into the ground.
http://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/s...m-microglider/