# Accident 20000507020459A: Scwzer SGU222E, Framington, NC, May 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2000, 17:45 local time
- Place: Framington, NC
- Airport: Berts Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8908° N, 80.5506° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8908&lon=-80.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2728Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2728Z-2021-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGU 2-22E (registry code 8050612, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgu-2-22e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGU222E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 472 total, 8 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000507020459A

## Narrative

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

(.4)WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THAT THEY WERE TOO LOW FOR A SAFE LANDING ON THE RUNWAY. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FROM THE DUAL STUDENT AND ATTEMPTED A LANDING IN A FIELD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE GLIDER TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ROLLED UP-SLOPE IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA. THE GLIDER CONTINUED UP-SLOPE, ROLLED OVER THE TOP OF THE KNOLL, BECAME AIRBORNE MOMENTARILY, AND TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME. DURING THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE SKID DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE GLIDER WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT.                                                           (.19)PN MAY 7, 2000, AT 1745 EDT, A SCHWEIZER SGU2-22E GLIDER, N2728Z, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND 100 YARDS SHORT OF RUNWAY 18 DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING TO BERTS FIELD IN FARMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA.  THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR UNDER THE PROVISION OF 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE GLIDER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE FLIGHT  INSTRUCTOR AND THE DUAL STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED.  THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED FARMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME.  ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, HE AND THE DUAL STUDENT WERE RETURNING TO FARMINGTON FOR A FULL STOP LANDING WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THAT THEY WERE TOO LOW FOR A SAFE LANDING ON THE RUNWAY.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOL THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FORM THE DUAL STUDENT AND ATTEMPTED A LANDING IN A FIELD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  THE GLIDER RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DURING THE OFF-FIELD LANDING.                                                                 (-23)THE FLIGHT WAS THE 2ND TRAINING FLIGHT FOR THE STUDENT THAT DAY.  STUDENT ENTERED PATTERN LOWER THEN NORMAL AT 700FT.  STUDENT TURNED TO FINAL, INSTRUCTOR DID NOT THINK THEY WOULD CLEAR TREES AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTOR MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING 100 YARDS SHORT.  THE GROUND HAD ROUGH TERRAIN WITH A MOUND, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER TOP OF THIS MOUND DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING TIP AND TWISTING THE AFT PART OF THE FUSELAGE.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCU RRED FROM THE TWISTING OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ATL00LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA054), May 7, 2000: Schweizer SGU2-22E (N2728Z), Farmington, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of traffic pattern altitude that resulted in an off-field landing and the subsequent collision with the ground. A factor was rough terrain.

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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