# Accident 19980425007639A: Amtr SCIMITAR, Hardscrable, WV, April 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Hardscrable, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N12PX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12PX-2007-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Masak Peter C SCIMITAR (registry code 05626C2, https://openairdocs.org/model/masak-peter-c-scimitar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SCIMITAR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 120 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980425007639A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GLIDER ENCOUNTERED WAVE DOWNWASH IN CONFINED AREA. GROUND LOOPED AVOID TREES. FUSELAGE TAILCONE BROKE AFT OF WINGS. (.4) THE PILOT WAS RIDGE SOARING AND ENCOUNTERED AN UNEXPECTED DOWN CURRENT FROM AN UPWIND PLATEAU CAUSING HIM TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET IN LENGTH. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT GROUND LOOPED THE GLIDER TO AVOID HITTING A TREE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N12PX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040523020879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040523020879A), May 23, 2004: Amtr SCIMITAR (N12PX), Alexandria, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) The Scimitar glider, equipped with a flight date recorder was participating in a competition event at mifflin county airport (rvl). The recovered flight…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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