# Incident 20010501010659I: Sphrth NIMBUSHS7, Hood River, OR, May 1, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hood River, OR
- Airport: Hood River Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7091° N, 121.5241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hood River, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7091&lon=-121.5241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N824T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N824T-2018-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth MINI-NIMBUS HS7 (registry code 38019VJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-mini-nimbus-hs7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH NIMBUSHS7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 110 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010501010659I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATES HE AND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WERE CATCHING THE WIND CURRENTS OFF OF MT. HOOD. HIS AIRCRAFT WAS CAUGHT IN AN EXTREME DOWNDRAFT CAUSING HIM TO SELECT AN UNSCHEDULED SAFE LANDING AREA OF THE COOPER'S SPUR SKI LODGE.  DURING ROLL OUT, THE LEFT WING WENT DOWN FIRST, CAUSING A GROUND LOOP TO  THE LEFT.  DAMAGE TO LEFT AILERON.

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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