# Incident 20011028035579I: Sphrth VENTUSB166, Perry, SC, October 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2001, 12:00 local time
- Place: Perry, SC
- Airport: Perry International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6293° N, 81.3297° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRY INTL (SC95), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6293&lon=-81.3297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N166JD-2006-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schempp-Hirth VENTUS B/16.6 (registry code 3802061, https://openairdocs.org/model/schempp-hirth-ventus-b-16-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPHRTH VENTUSB166
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011028035579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AN EXPERIMENTAL GLIDER WAS PERFORMING A WINCH LAUNCH ON A NEW WINCH. THE WINCH LOST POWER AS THE GLIDER STARTED TO ROTATE AT ABT 30-40 FEET. THE GLIDER MADE A HARD LANDING COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N166JD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19860101000039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860101000039A), Jan 1, 1986: Sphrth VENTUSB (N166JD), Alamogordo, NM, Destroyed. Made a low pass parallel to the runway. Pulled up, encountered turbulence and downdraft, spun to ground impact.

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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