# Accident 20000619039839A: Sphrth VENTUS2CM, Warren, VT, June 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Warren, VT
- Airport: Warren-Sugarbush
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1174° N, 72.8270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARREN-SUGARBUSH (0B7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1174&lon=-72.8270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800PF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH VENTUS2CM
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 49 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000619039839A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON JUNE 19, 2000, ABOUT 1630 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A SCHEMPP-HIRTH, VENTUS 2CM MOTORGLIDER, N800PF, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND AT THE WARREN-SUGARBUSH AIRPORT, WARREN, VERMONT. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, THE PILOT WAS PARTICIPATING IN A GLIDER RACE AT THE AIRPORT. THE RACE WAS TO BE CONDUCTED WITHOUT MOTORIZED POWER AND THE MOTORGLIDER WAS TOWED TO ALTITUDE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER CROSSING THE FINISH LINE AT THE END OF THE RACE, HE RECEIVED A RADIO CALL FROM THE AIRPORT THAT THE WINDS HAD CHANGED DIRECTION AND LANDINGS WERE BEING CONDUCTED ON RUNWAY 22. THE PILOT EXECUTED A 180-DEGREE TURN AND ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THE RUNWAY. WHILE TURNING BASE TO FINAL, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE TURN WITH FULL OPPOSITE AILERON DUE TO TURBULENCE. AS THE MOTORGLIDER DESCENDED, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LEVEL THE WINGS, BUT WAS 90 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY AND "INTO THE TREES." THE PILOT RAISED THE NOSE OF THE GLIDER TO DECREASE AIRSPEED, AND THE MOTORGLIDER STALLED, IMPACTING TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE WINDS REPORTED BY AN AIRPORT LOCATED ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF THE ACCIDENT, AT 1651, WERE FROM 350 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS. (-23) DURING COMPETITION (RACING), PILOT MADE LOW LEVEL PASS FOR TIME THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY RETURN TO LANDING. THE PILOT EVIDENTLY DID NOT HAVE THE SPEED TO COMPLETE LANDING PORTION OF MANEUVER. ENDED UP IN TREES.

## 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 NYC00LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA171), Jun 19, 2000: Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2CM (N800PF), Warren, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions. A factor in the accident was the cross wind.

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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