Sail Plane
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 7500; Flight Crew Type 1500
Troubleshooting; Distraction; Confusion; Human-Machine Interface
Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Aircraft; Human Factors
At initial climb out my elevator / pitch control stuck in high pitch attitude. Climbed at high angle of attack. Attempted to decrease pitch but stick was frozen. Maintained full throttle to prevent stall and continued to climb attempting to evaluate problem. Problem was identified. My cell phone had slipped through the stick boot cover and jammed controls. Big hand and small opening. Was able to fetch my phone and free up controls. I climbed 500 feet into floor of Class C airspace. I pushed over the nose and made a rapid decent to clear Class C airspace.
Motorglider pilot reported they temporarily lost control of their aircraft and climbed into Class C airspace.