Originally Posted by
3wheels
Unfortunately the buyer of our Oly spun it in at Pershore in 1982. I have tried everywhere to find an accident report without success. Any idea where I can find it?
Here you go
From the archives of S&G on this page
https://www.sailplaneandgliding.co.u...xact=no&order=
It is in the S&G Feb/Mar edition of 1983 ( listed as vol 34, No 1)
go to page 32
it is accident report No 121
(the other series in the search result are the VGC newsletters)
In short: winch launch low aborted by pilot due to it being slow and then failure mishandled - cable wrapped round wing whence the a/c entered a spin from around 100ft