# Accident 20010128001189A: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS CS, Wurtsboro, NY, January 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wurtsboro, NY
- Airport: Wurtsboro/Sullivan Co Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6022° N, 74.4522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6022&lon=-74.4522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814CU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N814CU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth DISCUS CS (registry code 38019VS, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-discus-cs) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010128001189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 28, 2001 AT APPROX. 1500 EST, N814CU, A SCHEMPP-HIRTH GLIDER, MODEL DISCUS CS WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT WURTSBORO AIRPORT, WURTSBORO, NY. SEVERAL WITNESSES OBSERVED THE PILOT PERFORMING A HIGH SPEED PASS OVER RUNWAY 23, PULLING UP TO APPROX. 500 FT AGL STATING THAT THE GLIDER WAS IN A NOSE HIGH ALTITUDE AND APPEARED TO BE SLOW. WITNESSES OBSERVED GLIDER ON A LEFT BASE TO RUNWAY 23, 300-400 FT AGL ENTERING DESCENDING LEFT TURN AT 6O DEGREE BANK AND 45 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE ENTERING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A STALL/SPIN TO SOME WITNESSES. GLIDER DISAPPEARED BEHIND TREE LINE AND IMPACTED SWAMP AREA. CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## 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 NYC01FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA071), Jan 28, 2001: Schempp-Hirth Discus CS (N814CU), Wurtsboro, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin while on base leg.

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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