PIK-20D, VH-GIR, 1 km north of Tocumwal NSW, 16 February 1990

At the completion of a cross country flight, the pilot attempted an out landing on a cleared area about 1 kilometre north of the aerodrome boundary. The approach path was in a southerly direction and took the glider between two large hangars, which were off the aerodrome. Powerlines which the pilot did not see, ran east west beside a road between the hangars and the outlanding field. The glider collided with these powerlines, separating the tailplane from the fuselage and the canopy was shattered.