# Accident 19980614024799A: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS CM, Taos, NM, June 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1998, 19:30 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3807° N, 105.5705° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3807&lon=-105.5705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94DP-2018-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS CM (registry code 3800266, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-cm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 926 total, 281 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980614024799A

## Narrative

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

MOTORIZED GLIDER EXPERIENCED WIND SHIFT ON SHORT FINAL. IMPACATED RWY HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE WINGS. EXCEEDED CONTROL (-23) DURING LANDING AT TAOS, NM, AIRPORT GLIDER WAS FORCED DOWN ONTO RUNWAY ABRUPTLY FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 100 FT BY A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND, LANDING GEAR WAS FORCED UP INTO FUSELAGE AND IMPACTED THE STEEL STRUCTURE OF THE GLIDER FUSELAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA284), Jun 15, 1998: Schempp-Hirth Ventus CM (N94DP), Taos, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare. Contributing to the accident was the sudden wind shift which rendered the aircraft uncontrollable when the aircraft was on final approach to land.

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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