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The one on Wasserkuppe springs to mind"
True
However, and I am
not being contentious here, some things still do not add up.
If it was a cable break, at 200 ft on a winch launch, then why not recover the airspeed ( always helps ! ) to approach speed, pull the brakes albeit only to a minimal extension, and land straight ahead ?....and if you have a cross wind ( and Bruggen for example, was notorious for such ) then you simply fly "into wind", then kick off the drift as per normal for landing.
Surely with a 200 ft cable break, there has to be more than enough landing area straight ahead even on short / narrow strips.
It would be nice to learn the type of glider and location therefore.