I am keenly interested in why accidents occur (and seem to re-occur) and propose to write a paper on same. The common taxonomies of powered flight don't necessarily all apply to gliders, so I'm going to develop or modify an existing one and apply it to the (considerable) data that I have. Does anyone have any suggestions about existing or potential taxonomies that could be used? The grouping can be used to categorise accidents which may lead to some new conclusions about accident cause, and possibly accident causation. It is highly likely that there may be overlapping causation or other factors so there may need to be a primary and secondary cause or causal factor. Perhaps, as a starting point, could I suggest: Takeoff Landing Thermalling cruising circuit joining/planning (where do we put the 'spun in' incidents) etc. Regards, Dave
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