# Accident 20000604009029A: Scwzer SGS126, Coyote Springs, AZ, June 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2000, 15:20 local time
- Place: Coyote Springs, AZ
- Airport: Coyote Run Gliderport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6099° N, 111.8893° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6099&lon=-111.8893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3814A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3814A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer SGS 1-26 (registry code 8050114, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-sgs-1-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER SGS126
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000604009029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING APPROACH TO LANDING, PILOT REPORTED FINAL ON THE RADIO AND DID NOT STOW THE MICROPHONE. A SLIP TO LANDING WAS PERFORMED AND AS THE PILOT ROLLED OUT OF THE SLIP AND PREPARED TO BEGIN A FLARE OUT, THE STICK BECAME JAMMED AS TO NOT ALLOW THE PILOT TO PULL BACK ANY FARTHER THAN THAT WHICH WOULD ALLOW AN APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, WHICH WAS HELD EVNN WITH THE PILOT ATTEMPTING TO FLARE WITH BOTH HANDS. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OFF A WIRE FENCE WHICH ABSORBED MUCH OF THE IMPACT, THEN AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. PILOT WAS WEARING A 5 POINT BLET, HARNESS AND CROTCH STRAP AND DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES. GLIDER ENCOUNTERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.                                                          (.4) ON JUNE 4, 2000, ABOUT 1520 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A SCHWEIZER SGS 1-26 GLIDER, N3814A, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER COLLIDING WITH A FENCE WHILE LANDING AT COYOTE RUN GLIDERPORT, NEAR PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. PRESCOTT SOARING ASSOCIATION OPERATED THE GLIDER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED COYOTE RUN ABOUT 1420. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDI TIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER MAKING A RADIO CALL TO ADVISE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA THAT SHE WAS ON BASE TO FINAL, SHE REALIZED THAT SHE WAS A LITTLE HIGH. IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOSE ALTITUDE, SHE PLACED THE MICROPHONE DOWN AND PLACED BOTH HANDS ON THE CONTROL STICK TO EXECUTE A SIDESLIP. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLARE AND CLEAR THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE, THE GLIDER DID NOT RESPOND TO BACK PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE CONTROL STICK. THE GLIDER CONTACTED THE AIRPORT FENCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE GROUND IN A 10-DEGREE NOSE DOWN PITCH ATTITUDE, AND THEN BOUNCED 25 TO 30 FEET BACK INTO THE AIR. THE GLIDER CONTACTED THE GROUND IN A 10-DEGREE NOSE DOWN PITCH ATTITUDE FOR A SECOND TIME, AND GROUND LOOPED ABOUT 100 FEET LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE MICROPHONE WAS LATER FOUND LODGED IN THE CONTROL STICK WELL.

## 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 LAX00LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA217), Jun 4, 2000: Schweizer SGS-1-26 (N3814A), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Diminished control during the landing phase of operation due to a partial blockage of the elevator controls by a microphone that became lodged in the control stick well.

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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