20010808025129A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Rockisland, WA · August 8, 2001

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal NTSB investigation search

Date: August 8, 2001 · 18:00 local
Place: Rockisland, WA
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N5678S
Pilot’s certificate: Student

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilots narrative: I was too low to return to the airport and had to find an alternate landing site, a grassy field. I landed in a tailwind and came in high and fast. I brought the glider down but bounced and was unable to stop. The gliders wings impacted trees on either side. The glider continued for perhaps forty feet before stopping.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOTS NARRATIVE: I WAS TOO LOW TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND HAD TO FIND AN ALTERNATE LANDING SITE, A GRASSY FIELD. I LANDED IN A TAILWIND AND CAME IN HIGH AND FAST. I BROUGHT THE GLIDER DOWN BUT BOUNCED AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. THE GLIDERS WINGS IMPACTED TREES ON EITHER SIDE. THE GLIDER CONTINUED FOR PERHAPS FORTY FEET BEFORE STOPPING.